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Sir Lomer
Q.abec
enant-Governor
nt.Liberal ,and Sir
acclonald, Son of
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vet onser a4v,e Chie
am Are CalIed jL
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On. Ptifilii;Mateh Vi, at Quebec, Sir ,:a.f.'tlie• PrevinCe.';f• Quebec, was repre-
sented At these vice.
His will Mark, the third: state ...funeral",
in the history efhe province' Hon.
tt•
..leit A. Berrowv
s • ' : 46 ' died , in. January,
and Bit jae
., es A: M. Aikinsa, whose
death Occurred in February, Were WO
accorded slate :funerals.
met •Geuini:Lieutenentdoiernor.,of
ghee, fond: fernier ' Prernier,. died
• lusts ais, was about 'to, ,pitey :the
.44gisfative • Chailiber to PrOregue the
040.60 • ••••• .•
tiro •siiiftlY recurring.
• , attack: of angina-pectorifi, Sir Lonier
:‘ • , l'Peeied ••!iveytin in the 'Par-;.
. autrOunded , by
another part Of the building the ihein-
bets of the Houses Waited his ,com=
lig to disniiss the Seventeenth 'Aegis=
,•lature. • , •, ,, • ,
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• • Three' Attaelis In All
The' two attacks followed one that
'ffitd:Cet fitted ei,(Poon, but from- vililek
the Lieutenant-doireitiOr metro'', so
good a recovery that he 'deterniined to
carry out, the: duties of his office.
jvhen at 5 o'clock the .I4egislative
4iemblY requested the' prorogation.
He Celebrated hfe,aixtrnintli birthday
March 1,2 last. .
,SIr Lotner, who succeeded' kon,-Nat•L
:Oise Pertleau an -Lieutenant -Governer
• pary-0i-ittd been' ,inTi
.dailY attended Sessions in
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.• Early Day Politic •
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' prominent in early day
federal :and protzle.Cial,•i former Pie=
mier..nti-ManitObs,,,idistinguished
law and a a citizen of the *eat, Sir
Hugh John MacdOnald. Was natfonally
known and tribute was :paid
him from perimui in •,every walk a
.Distinguished citizens of the Do-
mliiion telegraPhed messages Of con=
dolente 4o-,--Ezady',Macdenaldf
butes were sent to Test on his bier,
*Nip those °Cletus fortunate Circum -
Standee remembered him for hie kind-
ness and aid in the hoer of need. To
rich 'and • poor, Sit •ItIngh Johnwas
kJ:Mint. To many he as 'remembered
as the Magistrate in the city conrt-.
roonii: where for lit years he had. la-
.
bored,.
toubied lAioage Spep:
etun*,tisiii1:: of British Trains
j340 -14, ---ay. -4-froiied
though satisfact-6-.6,--pi.; .
twiways on This Contiri6nt
, gress 1V4cie
APPtTITE IS. BETTER
; Bogner, Stiesseifr;Xof the, OW (tine
'Since the • beginning • of: Match the
.icinee phi:Wiens Oil' 'Sider.' tadt.
;sine d':e • lintleVeqn , ' It
'ealiirins ihe daily-, • reports:. Of his
satisfactory !PrOgreed- about
,"feeealis for ;the :first; pale 4,:that lieje
:saffering:,frari •ihenmittleni about the
'Issued foliowing a. t:tsolk•et
son. ot I'tnn, ad Sir
nley
1."e'cl'o4r,fr IC'ptinalreesttitnlitl ;tte6;."enif..ageregt4aotgi.
ilinmatient ,arquiidi.hid right shoulder
• His • Wetglitlis inebeissing, his appetite
• returning :and bis sleen',.4O.;:pf bettor
• quality. The: ..ineleteage on lengthy.
abaterition'frOni all but -essential
pub-
lic duties and • on a qulet 111e in the
present. suitable in being:
Justified in: the steady., itnPrevemelit,
;fitgoitr.nis, Majesty's bodily .ad %Mental:,
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Weather Is year ,,• ,
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FRENCM",'FLifEk. TO ATTEMPT. TRAN8ATLANT1O pL,IGHT $00N., ,
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,. Undeterred by failure last Teat Lieut. Paulin' Pada,' will use this new hydroplane to attempt to 034..61)m-150.re,
France ;to South America. Inset, tient,' Parts, ''Preneh ace' , •
er
.jupitet• air-coeled engines . of 455
• liorseoPiVer :•each.„ They carry 1:5pai=
'heitith for some and had .pleaned,
room • right up to the time �f hs
• • • to leave ' Within a few days , for the nese; :This ,waPti :'stern duty !et' him,
'• Itiverta. ,Sir Francois Lenitenx; Chief
for he •inaintained' his' daily office vrith•
•
Justice of the 'Supreme .Court, had great difficulty, having th be tarried
from litzi ' :to • • en ,autemoblle,
driVen, to, central Rohde ..headquartare:
ar • thence Again aided: : into court.'
Two years 'ago, Sir, Hugh -John !Offered
a. serietieBliteee,' Wen which, Only_ble_
indomitable courage' saved. ,htm, .and
which 'amputation . of his • leg
was necessary. •
' StitviVing• are: taciY Mabdonald .and
a-de:tighter, G..K. Gaineford.,Of
Winnipeg.. A Ben, Jnek; died .20: years
. •..
.Striking'•in. likeness, to his honored
father • and: in: Qttartietitistiee 'of the
great :Coimprizative .and Can-
ada's fit* .Prime Ilinietet,' Sir, Hugh,
John for many yelirs-• yeas prominent
'in the 'life ot •, city,. 'always r,ef.tdir
to aid 'in ..welfare promotien.',
been appointed Administrator, his
coniinissioa to become- effective April
:The eecond attack came as the
Lieutenant -Governor, accomPanied„" by
• his--efile, esceinling the
:etens of the Parliament Beildinge
He was .carrted into : office; • and
'plated -upon .e.divan',.:while Colonel D
'B.- Papineau, ' Aide-de•Camp, hurried
for -Dr. Alfred•.Valere Rot,. meinber of
thel'Legtelative ,•AinsemblY". for Letile:
• • • Who, ',was Waiting with his. colleagues
.
In the,: Legislatife AssenahlY tones..
Or.. Roy semmoned two othetAillysi
chine 'members ,of .the 'Houser and by
• their. conitshied •efforts they. restored
Sir Lomat to • consciousness„ • , .
..Trieti: to Complete Prorogation'
The LientenantGoiernom„,recetered,
40 nth an extent that he. was to
inake arrangements for , cenipleting
prorogation,' instructing that such:
bills as awaited' Royal assent be' reed
in :the Legislative, Connell in the usual
manner and then • brought is him :for
, assent. T.hese orders were carried to
the :tipper Red Chamber. But Sir -
Loner's: recovery was tragically brief.
•,..4 a few minutes the third and fatal
•atiech• came. The legislators had • n�
Deaner taken unAtheir Positions in the
. .
Red • Chamber than the news was
:f,brought to them that the Lieutenant.;
• Go:Verner,. was dead: • ' • • •• •
• It was e dramatic. inement,
One of. the MOst.liectic days, In=
. 'eluding the ''naming" 4t.. Mayor
, Honda 'of , Montreal, for the.
atufilon , that :was Jist to have been
• 'eltised.• The .mace w•ad removed front
• the 'table befbre teh thrOne and the
niembeire the.Red Chamber retired.
.Hon... }Teeter Laferte, Sneaker of the-
. ' Legislative Assembly, •". led his col-
- hiagues beck to their own .Cliftitiber..
Motintintto• the filpeaket'e chair Mr..
. Lafette litat for a moment while the
Alonse remained' silent, a Silence that
wanirimarked contrast to the:thunder
Of debate that had marked the dying
* Mrs of 'the session, a few mintates
- before. . . ' • :
. 'Passes ,
At Winnipeg, on SaturdaY,Ii. pioneer
of the great West, which had lured
him here after his services in the
• Northvvest Rebellion,' 'Sir Hugh Sohn
,
Macdonald, on of the distinguished
Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald,
. - first Piinie__Mintster:of the Dominion,
died at Ills 'residence here early Satur;
• flay! March bill. •
In his 80th year, Sir Hugh John
•had fought vitilantly against the ill-
ness with :whiCh he was stricken four
• weeks ago. For the first week he had
sibeen in a Critical condition, but then
• • improved slightly wait the past three
clays, when he gradually lost strength,
•"tufferinga, -complete collapse 'Titure
day night and dying 3.10 a.m. to
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High tribute will • be -paid 4ir .}Iugh
John. , Alt the honer..cit state will -at,
tend the -'last rites;
BOdy„ t� Lie in State
rkroin 10 •O'cleck Monday Morning
until 1.36 'hi the after-110On, hie: body
ley in state. hetet§ the throne in -the
- pegislatkte ilundingil Of Manitoba,
--Where a vguitid-',of-hanor.-froni---la
- feglifientawas tiationed.
_ Saints' Chnrch at 3.30, o'Clock,
' .thei DUBUC- -funeral .servide was -al:
ductged
primate ef all -Canada, Church -of Eng;
-land, and. teV 11 IL Rug, the,eeetort,
: Burial was in the aicient " °eine.
'• tory Of St. johni4,--Where reet, thank
_Of .1vIltnitelia'S. pioneeit.,,An. the banks
of the historle tied lefer, fa1iiO in
the days of old Port Garry, ,
Pacific Islands
Swept by 'Flu
Imported Cerms Infest Whole
Population of 2,000
People,
• How germs of disease find their
happiest hunting grounds among iso-
lated htiinan"comiknities where germs
'of the seine ketnd have long been ab•-'
sent is deni'mattisted Once More by the
experience Of the Pacific ,Island of
Rotuma with the influenza.'epidemic
now sweeping the World: Located
about five, hundred • miles froin the
Tamer :island of Fiji, RPtilina was
visited: tad December by a Small,
inter -island Steamer. -Evidently seine
inkitenza tretilis.errited, and stayed. -
Within seven weeks all of the two
thousand or more inhabitante were
down:With the disease, excepting four
Eilr4lean residents and a handful of
natives, AS, elsewhere, during./ the
present epidemic, the.germ proved not
yeti virulent. ,There were, lees ithan
forty &ale although 'Rotuma PrOb-
ably holds the record for tomplete
nese of,' a whole population. The ex-
planation irf these occasional instances
in --which -an imported --gernf-s
rapidly throUgh an entire population
is believed by bacteriologists tp• be the
lack of immunity acquired 1, citizens
of commenities where' the germs exist
atilvays: In most places there . is a
little influenza every winter.. Thua
everybody is exposed to the germ
every year and 'builds lip some bodily
Prbably not even 'Otto
infllienza germ had Visited Rotuma for
years. The inhabitants had no Inv
munity and when a few germs arrived
there was. nothing to stop them/
Australian Fliers
•
Start -for London
•
pens ; n
,India Service
ams
The final stage frem to
Karaehi. is undertaken , by the :"City
pethr class- These have been hy-
ing the Cairo -Bagdad route with 62F=
treme regularity for, two years put.
These; too,. are ,:thise-engined craft
witlithree Bristol' J,tipited engines. .
0 I :
operator and. ste and': .
17.3.Tassenger
1.
Boats to Handle Mediterranean 'Section of
Trip• ''''
..Lazidoii---Impertal „Air Service be.:
tween.Britain •and India. started. oir,
March .50 With: the, departure of ea
Armstrpng Sfedelek. Itnei ge(tri Croydon airdrenie• Mails . for the
East and Sir' Saninef,lioare, Air' Wilts.-,
tet, Among the pasiengers,as fat US
Egypt, • and -also •Sle 'Vyeit YyvYan.
director Of the Imperial Aliways,, who'
goes. all he'. vAY.... •
It ;la -lipped to teach:Katathl, Intha
the following •SaturclaY. mOrning, thus,
coveting ••500.0-;:iniles in seven days;
,lieing+leSS:4than„...batf—theLiWiOd -
hitherto . required ; for :the • same
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tie by;.rail and. steamer.' .
Actual 'flying ,!titrui is to average
Only seven home so •that 'pas-
sengers ,whom it is intended to boek
regularly as' poen as:• hotel' artange,,
ments are eompleted, may travel coin..
foi•tably.. „ • , • 11'. • '
The 'Ilnet. which has 'stetted ie. the'
"City of Glasgow," Oster Teufel to
the 'City Of .Bfrininghatn:" •
• Three different types ,' of aircraft.
are being Jised, en the London,India.
air service . • •
-The • -first :stage frosii London to
Basel will be operaed 'by he Arm-
strong -Whitworth "City Of • :Biriang-
hate, These are three-engin-
e&
hiplanea with. three Jaguar alr-
coded engines of 395 horsepower
each; giving a total Of 405' horse-
poWer., There is ,accominedation for
18 Passengers, steward, engineer and
"Sot. The:. *axing :speed is 95
milesjer hour. ' • • • .
The • •second stege fora . to
Aleitandria, after the" night ..f0iirneY
by train: /min Bade!, wilt be .hy, the
"Tit,' Of • Aleitandria"1, ail -meal flying
boat class. •• These Were three Bristol.
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Prince Stirbey, and 'Mihail Manoilescu
have one to Paris to arrange the re-
•
a. ,
•
• •Illease make it clear:once:and for
• ill: 'said tire:official, "that neither • in
the capacity of crown prince mor as
a • private citinen pen 'Carol. return to
Roumania. ' •When the -dielnlierited
prince -signed. the law oi tenundation
to his right to the Atone in 1927, he
piedged, himself sidenitly •to remain
• Out, of the ,:couetry fet-• at least ten
. ;•--vearii------That•---litw-is-fixed and final;
OC4ance fOr' aroli
toRecover,
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• Roumanian •flfgh Official
Ridicules Report He is to
Return While Rumors
in Paris that Former
Crown Prince is
to be Escort-
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ed Back.
returned -to Paris • Friday'frent l$7orf-
. ,
Mainly.' • where he mei his mailer,
Dowager Queen Marie, who IS now, on
a:Visit in Span. He said that be was
enjoying splendid health arid refused
absolutely' •H to discuss teporte that
Mihail ,Manoilescu and Prince' Stirbey
Were , coining to Paris 'to .escort him
back to the thronli of his' *father. ,
'Beautiful weather .we're having in
France just now,". said theliiince.
.The Roumanian legation eters pat
while. Manolleacu Is in Paris at pres-
ent, he bas no appointment to 'Meet
Prince Carol' and his no Intention of
:making one', •• The Roumanian colony
here..avhire of the circumstanees 'pre -
Ceding .Carol's ., departure from Ron;
Mania, which . are ,generally known to
'have Involved an altercation with the.
'prince ' nearly resulting. in, Ts -dears,
expressed disbelief that the prince
would move a finger to assist, Carol
back t� the throne. .
Scoffa at • Reptirt • .
• Burcharest, iteuirienia ,of' the
highest officials of the Romanian
,government characterized ' as "too
alishrl for denier' a press repert -that
and caunot be changed even by earlier
.ment. Neither can the law creating
the regency and establishing Mihail
as king be altered; se as to allow
Carol's retain. That law' is an •inte-
-eel part of the existing Censtitution
and is unalterable. duty a 'revolu-
tion could upset it. In , any event,
Carol is dead politically forever and
thoroughly dilleredited. , You maY be
sure that While Premier Mania is la
power, the price :will neVer be allow-
ed ;to. tet foot on ROunianian spil.. His
would be:a source of worry
and disturbance. to the' government'e reee *fffireet-Mdiffetwd"
sell in Isterniandy, the official added;
was inerelk a family union and re
pm:ciliation, and had. no • political
significance whatsoever. • '•
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Ideat_weath.er.:.favored•-thte- 'aeashie
resaetma a glorious sunshine: in; a•
cloudless ' blue :sky attracted, thou*,
ande a halide.* •inakers to ,the spot
• King GeOrge: has chosen for .his con-
valescence.• His Majesty had a: good'
night and was • out In the 'grounds .of
CraigWell hawse, early: He walked
for some time,. resting Occasionally. on
seats aliont the grounds. 4
-e-Queen-wearing-b1aek---4atinT.
drove, ta• ,Chutels in neguer.
and attendedinOrning service... She
- was. lincoMpanied: by Admiral CAMP.;
.bell; Lad Claud Hamilton and :Lady
Cynthia •Colville. . deA , • ,
In • the morning 'iheasands, of vhsi.
toils petted into Bognor to.add' to .the,
hundreds' .Whe.• had 'Come overnight,
Before, .'n'ocia. the ,• promenade • - was
thronged •with- people • and nearly
every. availahle, garage and. :narking
• . .
place in the town was: fully r,tecupted.
All .roids , leading to, ,Bognor. , were,
crowded with .traffic. • • • '
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Several people Walking 'along the
sands of the heeCh. caught' a• glimpse
of the King walkinetn front of Craig_
well house. . He .wao.,Weartrig. a grey
COat and hat The Queen- left • for
:London in the afternoon' accompanied
by Lady CYnthta ;She Will
.spend ...the night • at Butkingliant:.
palace and after 'attending the fun-
eral of •the Dowager Marchioness :of.
fhinibridge. at • Windsor wIU,return •to
'Be
Loid:DaWson PisrviSited
Cra-
well. house. and returned' to' London,
in the afternoon. • Dr: Woods
'the luminous ray .treatment .0 the
. I;
clocc
ttleiegeok,„.
• QUITE_ TRU E
Slipper: You'll never be broke.
• Word: Why not?
Slipper: Because .you're
• Waste wood is, used in the .making
of our synthetic foodstuffs. -Dr. Fred-
.
, Link WhipensWear say., he used to
be the main head of his family? but
since his daughter Leinbaptia had got
all gnawed up, they Vias now usin the
commission form of government. •
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Romance Turas Cold in Beautiful Venice
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SoUtherri.• Cross". 'Piloted, bi
Kingsford -Smith and
• tiim
Sydney, Australia. -Tho. airplane
Southern Cross, veteran of the trans -
Pacific ,flight from the •United Stated'
itft 11.a*V;ait to Australia, left litre Satur-
day on a trip .to ,England. Itis hOped
:to etatinleter-.thec-.1r1P-In_nuteker-:tifne
than the 'nfigrfsh aviat�r, Bert
Used on reverse route: AbSard
the plane Wei-76-00flilittharies-Itingit
YOU:S-MitE and oia-det fr.:1114, heroe
of the Ameritan-Austratiati. foot •iff
nearly 8,000 iiies, a. navigator. nanieA: •
;Litchfield and a op6vitoit- 1144110d. .
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The first stop, an the prepese,d hight
is Wyiidham, Weit Anitratia; when
the aviators go to 'Singapore, Karachi;
PitiOier-OkY.4-44E-KORH:511E-$4.-R--ktoYIZO'
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Plans Trip
der-Nort o e.
-in a Submarine
Sir Hubert Wilkins,"Who Flew.
•
at Top and Sonora' of
World,' Considering
Such a Trip
•' New Yerk.-Capt. Sir
. .
kine, Pol&r exp1orer, annomices he is
considering a voyar across the: north
note by subniarine' possibly this sum-
mer or next. "
" Commander Moan DanenhOwer,
technical expert of the; Simon Lake
Selismarine Company, who plans to
navigate Abecraft, said the subtiler.,
sible• to be uslid is being fitted out at
the company's works at Bridgeport,
Conn. •
Sir ubett said Hthe' idea of a eub-
nuirine trip .across the Arctic. See had
ileer. in the thought i of surnarine•div-
ers since 1899, when &men Lake ad-
vanced it Stefannsoit and Peary
both had considered it, he said. •
, "Ort-the•-fic6-ef-•itio: he said, «it
seems risky. Still, as a wratheniatical
hazard,'I consider it no more risky --
even less -so -than an airplane flight
'Over the polar seks."
The' submarine, wopld be eqiiipped.
with a special diving lock, through
which adiver might".be.,•sent *out to
blast the ship free of retaining ice,
Commander 'Panenhuiver .sajd, It else
would have a bat Sloping' pp from
the bow to the coiling towet te ease it
under an unseen iceberg and carry a
•large quantitsr of chemicals to melt
ire. Thal -rip, he sz.id,,woeld be under.
taken during July, as at pat time
•-•., 'tween ice fields through which the
there aro spaces of open water be -
said, 'to' get some information on the
depth Of that'otean and, if yietsible, to
harrier of ice; ,, • ' •
dubmatine could be navigated, sub-
merging only it encotinterek it
atross the, Arctic Ocean," !Sir Hubert
"There is need fcr a subMarine trip
. _detemitielf:_the_aCean •is a Ordeal de-
Presailiti, of'. if it ise shaped ii-kt
basin. / . •
military and nemerons „aesociatiotiff,
*ere in fattenclanee. ;•
• Sir rratieele Lemieux, ,phiet ivatiee
Data toncernipg -the; kdiredjonf
force -anJ toniqraftife •of,•AratieLtutr, •
tents, the conditions and drift of the
ice and comparative- kneWlecito of
VirFr tendlti.
:also could be obtained, he said. " ,A1/4 •
Iletaid he did not expect such _____
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trip to take more, than -three weeks THING -
end perhfeps net more than;ty4•-• •f ' TiOit
eotieldere love only a,. miner
Grad W.ipiri g 'Out .
Di.k6r'evce
• ,HEAVIER TRAINS
.eed. and •freeuency
eetviCes,;;- :haat
.those of, Ner:Ch Arneric.e. sttil
'lead "•flie • •,. '• • :
Sir RAInti, Wede-Woodiekief.' general' '
Manager. ,ef, !the, great• 'arid
'14eithSaVern: Skstetri, :Was
taILdn,•I'Far yeabs •he • has : made 'It' .,
"study of . the. relatiVe -•.s'peed .of the,. : •
'world's ratiWays. Sir Ralph admit* ,
Canadian United; States!' i.e4w aye,
'aze 'av:erhap.114,1.,fhose •of 'Bei.:
tan, and rays the. time probably is not
far disiant, when North America Will
take the blue 1 ii111344 7fitd: 'average
:Speed; :even -if, not ler frecpiencjr, of • ,
; !He' adMits that ,:end. meson; why'
British trains .2ite•iiiPre -frequent .
that their serve. 45;900,000 people in
comparatively small island,, whereas
railways serve '180,e00,00o in a '
vast Continent. , ,, • '
• • 1900 COMfAIIISON
:„'Over A...tierter of rentury_ago,!.°.
said he, made a comparison ,
tWeen the train services of Great 134-
tain and the United Stites for the.
Yet4.*, 1900. I '-,iselected 20 servielas 'is
each country, ranging in distance,frole' •
30 . to 450 miles. The sribject of the
coMparleon Was to itacertein the speed
of the services,- not as a matter of •
beeomtitfife performance, but from the '•
point -4f ,view-Lof-seiltice rendered bas -L•11, -L,,:-'.
the travelling At that time "
the 'average sgeed. of our ran wag
42:5 Miles per hour, Coniirred; With
40 in the United StateeT •
'"The Americen: services most nearly
reached the Britiet lead 'in• -the short
•'distancesnp•te 100 miles. As the
tat became greater,. •the 'British
.1-44 became mom Marked, 'particular- • •
ty When Compared with trains' .m the
--Wale and far west. .
' "I have )ust been making a com-,
parisOn :far' the year 1928, tiding the
same services. In our country: the
number of trains has increased isTilf"
50 per cent, whereas in the Utilt4:1 ,
States they have nearly doubled. On
the other hand; the average speed Of
our trains has decreased to 41.9 mules
per hour and in the United Stated his
,risen to 41.3 -so . that there is no
longer' maeh difference. ;
"In short distances in the United
.States has already estobleshed a lead
over vs, -This is' all the mere rernark-s
SlOwing' daWn of snine United States
crack service. For instance, that be-
tween Philadelphia and. Atlantic City.
'Both countries beet France and •
Germany- I:teek 20 services in each •
of • these Countries for emnparison.
The average speed , for the Freifelt
trains •was• 40,8 Miles per hour and
In int
of frequency of trains ;the Amerjegn ,
and Ours beat • the ksrench 'Gear'
inaneby about two to one., , , • • .
"One of or handicaps 'in keeping:
up our old speed records is that our •
railWays have Steadily increased the ••
weight of. their traies. • It is true also
that the I.:night 9t 4.ffie'rjeali
has ,entirmStigly • Imre:aged, but they
have been 'able tor, install locomotives
of far greater. .power: •
MANY TUNNELS
f‘in the past, when our railways di&
not have the right-ie:condeinn rights
Of way, they often had to build their
lined by tunneling under property
which the'ethers refused to sell, We
have a larger number of -tiiniieIs--40 .
in , fact ovet a MiTh in length. Now
'our caPecity to. build bigger locetno.• •
tivet 15,1iniite4 to these tenets.' '
' -"Two other things: have handicap-
per otir speed averages. As out main
lines are more heavily occupied by.
trains, excepatiel ,speedr-afe --
cult to: maintain. he other is that
we require a degree ofpniictuality in
keeping cattle. whichis _perhaps .the.. _
most rigid in the World. The old story
about the Japanese who knew it cludt •
be exactly three o'clock inr the after -
;wont. because the train was pulling
ifia-DafTifigth-li and the train was cl,le
at that how% is still Wei:tally true." '
A Timid Giant
There once was a gentleman fright-.
• fully strong, ,
But 'awfully tinaid as
For -if a • Small frog& came „heppitig
. along , . - • • '
fot, his life, with * yell.
One day In ,the garden he met, with
•a rsOuse, ••• .•
• • '
And Mice always set bita•a clua,ke.
SO, leaving right over the top of hitt
house, • •
",-; He felt With, a splash in a lake!' •
!_ltinkier'sk • repord top Ztigland .itinty -reports that.--wOinetrivrer--thint
te Attetralla, was acceMplisted fr vokett-ttuat4--iti 'Venice -during intense -Gold Ceettel. EurePOWlien even the frozen bodies d cane •
g ; -tot 40, nervous a* tho .used to. be. • "I suPpese so----oel* the itidd'eali ends,s
6., ' Are dre*n uPaa ice -covered 'lagoons, 6 , •,•• , They're! More unruffled /or one thing. heiVrell Itteier'
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