The Seaforth News, 1929-04-18, Page 7Two Great Canadians
Takenby Grim Reaper
Sir Lower Gouin, Lieutenant -Governor of
Quebec, Prominent Liberal and. Sir
1-lugh John Macdonald, Son of
Revered Conservative Chief.
tain Are Called in Death
On Friday, March 28, at Quebec, Sir of the Pi'ovinoa of Quebec, was repre-
sented at the service.
His will mark the third state funeral
in the history of the province. Hon.
T. A. Burrows, who died in January,
and Sir. Jamee A. M. Atkins, whose
death occurred in February, were both
accorded state funerals.'
Early Day Politics
Prominent in: early day politics, both
federal and provincial, a former pre:
mier of Manitoba, distinguished in
law and as a citizen of the West, Sir
Hugh Jbhn' Macdonald was nationally
known and tribute was paid
him from persona, in every walk of
life. Distinguished citizens of the. Do-
minion telegraphed messages of con-
dolence to Lady Macdonald; floral tri-
butes' were sent to rest on his bier,
while those of less fortunate circum-
stances remembered him for his kind•.
nese and aid in the hour of need. To
rich and poor, Sir. Hugh John was
known, To many he was remembered
as the magistrate in the city court-
room, where for 18 years he had la-
bored. '
Despite his advaneed age, he had
daily attended sessions in his court -
to leave within a few days'' for the room right up to the time of his 111.
nese. This was a stern duty for him,
,Riveria. Sir. Francois Lemieux, Chiefforhe maintained hid daily office with
Justice, of the Supreme Court, had
been appointed Administrator, his great difficulty, having to be carried
commission to become effective April
6th:
Lomer Gouin, Lieutenant -Governor of
•Qaebee, and former Premier, died
just as he was about to enter the
Legislative Chamber to prorogue the,
Quebec) Legislature, ' •
S;rickon by two swiftly recurring
attack of angina -pectoris, Sir Lomer
passed away in his ofige in the Par-
` liament Buildings, surrounded by
members of his family, while in
another part of the building the mem-
bora of the Houses waitedhis cow-
Mg to dismiss the Seventeenth Legis-
lature,
Three Attacks In All
The two attacks followed one that
had occurred at noon, but fromwhich
the Lieutenant -Governor made so
good a recovery that he determined to
carry out the duties of -his office,.
when at 5 o'clock the Legislative As-
sembly requested the prorogatien,.
He celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday
March 12 last,
Sir Lomer, who suoceeded Hon. Nar-
cissa Perdeau as Lieutenant -Governor
January 9, had been in indifferent
Irealth'for some time, and had planned
The second attack came as the
Lieutenant -Governor, accompanied by
his'official+,party, was ascending the
steps of the Parliament 'Buildings.,
- He was carried into his: office and
placed•upon a divan,,whlle ColonehD,
B. ?Papineau, Aide -de -Clamp, `;hurried'
for •Dr, 'Alfred Talere••Roy,>member of
the';Legislative •Assembly. for Levis,
wile was waiting with his colleagues
in the Legislative- Assembly rooms.
Dr: Roy summoned two other physi•
clans, members of the House, and by
their combined efforts they restored
Sir Lomer to consciousness.
Tries to Complete Prorogation
The. Lieutenant -Governor recovered
to such an extent that he was able to
make arrangements for completing
prorogation, instructing that. such
bills as awaited Royal assent be read
in the Legislative Council in the usual
Manner and then brought to him for
assent. These orders were carried to
the Upper Red Chamber. But Sir
Lower's recovery was tragically brief.
In a few minutes the third and fatal
attack came. The legislators had no
sooner taken up their positions in the
Red Chamber than the newswas
brought to them that the Lieutenant -
Governor was dead.
It was a dramatic moment, climax-
ing
limaxing one of the most hectic days, in-
cluding the "naming" of , Mayor
bamillen Honda of Montreal; for the
session that was just to have been
closed.. The mace was removed from
the .table before tell throne and the
members of the Red Chamber. retired.
Hon. Hector Laferte, Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly, led his pol-
leagues back to their own Chamber.
Mounting to the Speaker's chair Mr,
Laferte sat for a moment' while the
House remained silent, a silence that
was in marked contrast to the thunder
of debate that had marked the dying
hours of, the session a few minutes
before.
Pioneer Passes •
At Winnipeg, on Saturday, a pioneer
of the great West, which had lured
him here after hie services in the
Northwest Rebellion, Sir Hugh John
Macdonald, son of the distinguished
Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald,
first Prime Minister of the Dominion,
died at his residence here early Satur-
day, March 29th.
in his 80th year, Sir Hugh John
had fought valiantly against the ill-
ness with which ho was stricken four
weeks ago. Por the first week he had
been in a critical condition, but then
improved slightly until the past three
clays, when he gradually lost strength,
suffering a complete collapse Thurs-
day night and dying at 3.10 a.m. to-
day.
High tribute will be paid Sir Hugh
John. All the honor of state will at-
tend the last rites, •
All Set to Make Another Try F
Air Honors
—
FRENCH FLYER TO ATTEMPT`TRANSATLANTIO FLIGHT SOON
Undeterred by failure last year, Lieut, Paulin Paris, w111 use this new hydroplane to attempt to fly from Berre,
-France to South America. Inset, Lieut, Paris, French doe. . ' ,
from his home to an automobile,
driven tocentral police headquarters,
ar thence again aided into court.
Two years ago Sir Hugh Jelin oared
a serious illness, from which only .his
indomitable courage saved him, and.
during • which amputation of his leg
was necessary. •.
Snrvivingeare Lady Macdonald. and
a daughter, ,:Mrs. G. K. Gainford of
-Winnipeg. A son, Jack, died 20 years•
ago.
Striking in likeness to his .honored,
father and in characteristics of the
great Conservative leader and Can-
ada's first Prime Minister, Sir Hugh
John for many yeare was .prominent
in the life of this city, always ready
to aid in civic welfare promotion.
Pacific Islands
Swept by 'Flu
Imported Germs Infest Whole
Population of 2,000
People
Big Air Liner
Opens Britain's
...-
India Service
15 -Passenger British Flying
g y g
Boats to Handle Medi-
terranean Section of
. Trip
London -Imperial Air Service be-
tween • Britain and India started on
,March 30 with '• the : departure • of an
•Armatroug •Stdde1ey liner'- from Croy-
-don airdrome with mails for . the
East and Sir'Samuel Hoare, Air Minle-
ter, among the passengers ae tar' as
Egypt, and also Sir Vyell Vyvyan,
director of the Imperial Airways, who
goes all lie way.
It is. hoped to reach Karachi, India,
the following' Saturday morning, thus
covering- 5000 utiles in seven days,
being .less than half the period
hitherto required for the same jour-
ney by rail and steamer.
Actual flying time • is to average
only seven hours daily, so that pas-
stingers whom it is intended to book
regularly as soon as hotel arrange-
ments are completed, may travel com-
fortably.
The liner which has started is the
"City 01 Glasgow," sister vessel to
the "City of Birmingham"
Three different types of aircraft
are being ;used on the Loudon -India
air service •
The, first stage from London to
Basel will be operaed by he Arm•
strong -Whitworth "City of . Birming-
ham" class: These are three -engin
ed biplanes with three Jaguar air-
cooled engines of 395 horsepower
each, giving a total ' of 1185 horse-
power. There is accommodation for
18 passengers, steward, engineer and
pilot. The creasing speed is 95
miles per hour.
The second .stage froth Genoa to
Alexandria, after the night journey
by train from Basel, will be by the
"City of Alexandria" all -meal flying
t 1 These have three Briste
How germs of disease find their
happiest hunting grounds among iso-
lated human comunities where germs
of the same kind have long'been ab-
sent is demonstrated once more by the
experience of the Pacific Island of
Rotuma with the influenza epidemic
now sweeping - the world: Located
about five hundred miles from the
larger island of Fiji, Rotuma was
visited 'last December by a small,
inter -island steamer. Evidently some
influenza germs arrived, and stayed.
Within seven weeks all of the two
thousand or more inhabitance were
down with' the disease, 'excepting four
European residents and ha handful of
natives. As elsewhere dif ing the
present epidemic, the genii proved not
very virulent. There 'were less than
forty deaths, although Rotuina prob-
ably holds the record for complete ill-
ness of a Whole population. The ex-
planation of these occasional instances
in which an imported germ sweeps
rapidly through an entire population
is believed by bacteriologists to be the
lack of immunity acquired i!` citizens
of ooinmunities where the germs exist
always. In moat places there is a
little influenza every whiter. Thus
everybody is exposed to the germ
every year and builds up some bodily
immunity. Probably not even one
influenza germ had visited Rotuma for
years. The inhabitants had no im-
munity and when a few germs arrived
there was' nothing to stop them.
Australian Fliers
Start for London
"Southern Cross" Piloted by
Kingsford -Smith and
Ulm
Sydney,, 'Australia.—The airplane
Southern Cross, veteranofthe trans -
Paine flight from the United States
to Hawaii to Australia, left here Satur-
day on a trip to England. It 10 hoped
to complete the trip 'in quicker time
than the T]nglish aviator, Bert Hint-
ler, used on the reverse route. Aboard
the plane were Captain Charles Kings-
ford -Smith and Charles T. Ulm, herder
of the American -Australian flight' of
nearly 8,000 miles, a navigator. named
Litchfield and a radio operator named
McWilliam:
The first stop on the proposed flight
is Wyndhaip., West Australia, when
the aviators go to' Singapore, Karachi,
Bagdad, Rome and thence. to London.
Hinkler's record trip from England
to Mistretta, was accomplished in 15
days.
• Body" to Lie In State
ream 10 o'clock Monday, morning
until 1.30 in the afternoon, his body
lay in state before the throne in the
Legislative Buildings of Manitoba,
where a guard • of hondr from local
militia regiments was sationed.
In All Saints' Church at 2.30 o'clock
.the public funeral service was con-
ducted by Archbishop J. P: Matheson,
primate of all -Canada, Church 'of:Eng-
iland, and Rey, H, R, Ragg, the rector.
Burial was in the `ancient come -
Jell of St. John's, where rest many
of Manitoba's pioneers, on the banks
of the historic Red River, famed in
the days of old Fort Garry.
Representatives of':state, church,
military and' numerous associations
were itl attendance.
Sir Francois Lemieux, chief Malice
Jupiter air-cooled engines of 485
horseopwer each. They+ carry 15 pas-
stingers ,pilot, engineer, wireless
operator and steward.
The final stage from Alexaniria to
Karachi is undertaken by the "City
of Delhi" class, These have been fly-,
ing the Cairo -Bagdad route with ex-
treme regularity for two years past.
These, too, are three -engined craft
witbthree Bristol Jupited engines.
No -Chance for Carol
to • Recover Throne
Roumanian . High Official
.Ridicules Report He is to
Return While . Rumors
in Paris that Former
Crown Prince is
to be Escort-
ed Back
Prince Stirbey and Mihail Manoilescu
have gone to Paris to arrange the re -
urn of Carol to Roumania.
"Please make it clear once and for
all," said the official,. "that neither in
the capacity of crown prince nor as.
a private citizen can Carol return to
Roumania. When the ,disinherited
prince signed the law of renunciation
to his right • to the throne in 1927, he
pledged .himself solemnly to remain
Out of the country . for at least 'ten
years... That -law :is fixed and -final
and.cannotbe changed even by parlia-
ment. Neither can the law creating
the regency and establishing Mihail
as king he altered so as to allow
Carol's. return. That law is an inte-
gral part of the existing constitution
and is unalterable. . Only a revolu-'
tion could upset it. In any event,
Carol is dead politically forever and.
thoroughly discredited. You may be
sure that while Premier Mania is in
Power, the prince will never be allow-
ed to set foot on Roumanian soil.. His
presence would be a source of worry
and disturbance to the government"
The meeting between mother and
son in Normandy, the official added,
was merely a family union and re-
comciliation, and had no political
signifeance whatsoever.
Paris.—Prince Carol of Roumania
returned to Paris Friday from Nor-
mandy where he met his mother;
Dowager. Queen Marie, who is now on
a visit in Spain. Ile said that he was
enjoying splendid health' and refused
absolutely to discuss reports that
Mihail Manoilescu and Prince Stirbey
were coming to Paris to escort him
back to the throne of his father.
'Beautiful weather we're having in
France just now," said the prince.
' The Roumanian legation avers that
while Manoilescu is in Paris at pres-
ent,, he has no appointment to meet
Prince Carol and has no intention of
making one. The Roumanian colony
here aware of the circumstances pre-
ceding CaroI's departure from Rou-
mania, which are generally known to
have involved an altercation with the
prince nearly resulting in fistiouffe,
expressed disbelief that the prince
would move a finger to assist Carol
back to the throne. •
Scoffs at Report
Burcharest, Roumania—One of the
•highest officials of the Roumanian
government' characterized ae "too
1 absurd for denial" a press report that
King Is Troubled
by Rheumatism
Right Shoulder Affected Al-
though Satisfactory Pro-
• grass Made
APPETITE IS BETTER,
Bognor, Sussex—For the first time
siuce the beginning or March the
King's physicians on Friday last is-
sued a bulletin on his condition, It
confirms the daily reports of his
majesty's satisfactory progress about
reveals for the first time that be is
suffering from rheumatism about the
right shoulder, The bulletin was
issued following a visit of. Lord Daw-
son of Penn, and Sir 'Stanley Hewett
of Craigwell house, The bulletin
read:
"The King continues to make satis-
factory progress in spite of tiresome
rheumatism around his right shoulder
His weight in increasing, his appetite'
returning and his sleep is of better
quality. The insistence on lengthy
abstention from all but esseutial pub-
Ile duties and on a quiet life inthe
present suitable climate' is being
justified in the steady improvement
in His Majesty's bodily and mental
vigor."
Weather Is Ideal
Ideal weather favored this seaside
resort and a glorious sunshine in a
cloudless blue sky attracted thous-
ands of holiday makers to the spot
Ring George has chosen for his con-
valescence, His Majesty had a good
night and was out in the grounds of
Craigwell house early. Be walked
for some time, resting occasionally on
seats about ,the grounds.
The Queen, wearing black satin,
drove to St. John's Church in Bognor
and attended morning service. She
was accompanied by Admiral Camp-
bell, Lord Claud Hamilton and Lady,
Cynthia Colville.
In tate morning thousands of viai-
tora poured into Bognor to add to the
hundreds who had come overnight.
Before noon the promenade was
thronged with people and- nearly
every available garage and paring,
place in the town was fully occupied.
All roads leading to Bognor . were:
crowded with traffic.
Several „people walking along the
sands of the beach caught a glimpse.
of the King walking in front of Craig.,
well house. He was •wearing a grey
coat and hat. The Queen left for.
London in the afternoon accompanied
by Lady Cynthia Volville. She will
spend the night at Buckingham
palace, and after 'attending the fun-
eral of the_ Dowager Marchioness of
Cambridge at Windsor will return to
Bognor.
Lord Dawson of Penn visited Craig -
well house and returned. to London
in the afternoon. Dr. Woods applied
the luminous ray treatment to the
King.
Flier Plans Trip
Under North Pole!
-in a Submarine
Average Speeds
of British Trains
Still Lead World
Railways on This Continent
Gradually Wiping Out
Difference '
HEAVIER TRAINS
London,—"For speed and frequency
British railway services still boob
those of North America and so slit
lead the world."
Sir Ralph Wedgwood, chief genereal
manager of the great tendon- and
Northeastern. Railway system, was
talking, For years he has made a
study of the relative' speed of the.
world's railways. Sir Ralph admits
Canadian and United States railways
are rapidly overhauling those of Bri-
tain, and says the time probably is not
far distant when North America will'
tato the blue' ribbon; for' average
speed, even if net for frequency .of
trainer
He admits that one reason why
British trains are more frequent is
that they serve 45,000,000 people in
comparatively small island, whereas.
railways here serve 130,000,000'in''a
vast continent.
1900 COMPARISON
QUITE TRUE
Slipper: You'll- never be broke.
Oxford: Why not?
Slipper: Because you're well-heeled.
M
Waste wood is used in the making
of our synthetic foodstuffs.—Dr. Fred-
; Cr
Link Whipenswear says he used to
be the main head of his family, but
since his daughter Lambastia had got
all growed up, they was now usin the
commission form of government.
Roinance Turns Cold in Beautiful Venice
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FRIGID DAYS ARE IN STORE HERE FOR ROMEO AND JULIET I
Frozen canals in Venice during intense cold prevailing in Central Europe, when even the frozen bodies of pigeons
aro strewn upon Fico -covered lagoons,
"Over a quarter of a century ago,"
said he, "I made a comparison be-
tween+the train services of Great Bri-
tain and the United States for the
year 1900, I selected 20 servieae'in
each country, ranging in distance from
80 to 450 miles, The object of the
Comparison was to ascertain the speed
of the services, not as a matter of.
locomotive performance, but from the
point of view of service rendered to
the travelling public. At that time
the average speed of our trains was
42.0 miles per hour, compered with
40 in the United States,
"The American servicesanost nearly
reached the British lead in the short
distances up to 100 miles. As the dis-
tas.ces became greater, the British
lead became more marked, particular-
ly when compared with 'trains in the
middle and far west.
"1 have just been making a com-
parison for the year 1923, using the
same : services. In our country the
nuinber of trains :has increased only
50 per cent. whereas ;in. the Unii td
'States 'they have .nearly doubled. On
the 'other hand the average speed of
our trains has decreased, to 41.9 miles
per hour and in the United States has
risen to 41.3 -so that there is no
longer much difference.
"In short distances in the United
States has already estableshed a lead
over us. This is all the more remark-
able, as there has been a considerable
slowing down of snme United States
crack services. For instance, that be-
tween Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
"Both countries beat France and
Germany. I took 20 services in each
of ' these countries for comparison
The average speed for the French
trains was 40.8 miles per hour and
only 36.5 for the German. In point
of frequency of trains the American
and ours beat the French and Ger-
mans by about two to one.
"One of our handicaps inkeeping
up our old speed records is that our
railways have steadily increased the
weight of their trains. It is true also
that the weight of American trains
has enormously increased, but they
have been able to install locomotives
of 1 a greater power.
MANY TUNNELS
Sir Hubert Wilkins, Who Flew
at Top and Bottom of
World, Considering
Such a Trip
New York.—Capt. Sir Hubert Wil-
kins, polar explorer, announces he is
considering a voyage across the north
note by.submarine possibly this sum-
mer or next. -
Commander Sloan Danenhower,
technical expert of the Simon Lake
Submarine Company, who plane to
navigate the craft, said the submer-
sible to be used is being fitted out at
the company's works at Bridgeport,
Conn,
Sir Hubert said the idea of a sub-
marine trip across the Arctic Sea had
beer_ in the thoughts of sumarine div-
ers since 1899, when Simon Lake ad-
vanced • it. Stefannson and Peary
both had considered it, he said.
"On the face of it," he said, "it
seems risky. Still, as a mathematical
hazard, I consider it no more risky—
even less so—than an airplane flight
over the polar seas."
The submarine would be equipped
with a special diving lock, through
which a diver might be sent out to
blast the ship free of retaining ice, Timid Giant
Commander Danenhower said. It also
would have a bar sloping up from There once was a gentleman fright -
the bow to the coning tower to ease it fully strong,
under an unseen iceberg and carry a But awfully timid as well.
large quantity of chemicals to melt For if a small froggle came hopping
ire. The trip, he said, would be under- along
taken during July, as at that time He'd fay for his life, with a yell
there are spaces of open water be- One day in the garden he met with
tween ice fields through which the a moues,
submarine could be navigated, sub- And mice always set him a quake,
merging only when it encountered a So, jumping right over the top of his
barrier of ice. house,
"There is need for a submarine trip He fell with a splash in a lake! .
acme the Arctic Ocean," Sir Hubert r.
said, "to get some information on the
depth of that ocean and, if possible, to n o;
detemine if the ocean is a conical de-
pression, of if it is shaped like a
basin.
Data concerning the direction, MIEN
force and temperature of arctic cur-
rents, the conditions and drift of the
ice and comparative knowledge of
midsummer moteorologioal conditions • .
also could be obtained, he said. ® ,�,
He said he did not expect such u r::. -
trip to take more than three weeks A MINOR THING
and perhaps not more than two. "She considers love only a •minor
Physician reportsthat women are thing." -
not so nary
ons as they . used to be"I support° so--onty the kids call on
her u k0070
• no
unruffled tor o g
They're.uioie >
"In the past, when our railways did
not have the right to condemn rights
of way, they often had to build their
lines by tunneling under property,
which the others refused to sell We
have a larger number of tunnels -40.
in fact over a mils in length. Now
our capacity to build bigger locomo-
tives is limited to these tunnels.
"Two other things have handicap-
per our speed averages. As our main
lines are more heavily occupied by
trains, exceptional speeds are diffi-
cult to maintain. The other is that
we require a degree of punctuality in
keeping schedule which is perhaps the
most rigid in the world. The old story
about the Japanese who knew it must
be exactly three o'clock in the after-
noon because the train was pulling
into Darlington and the train was due
at that hour, is still literally true."
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