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C.N.R. Train Derailed By Washout - Doc- tor Loses Life On Way To Accident.

((7.I'. by Guardian's Special Wire)

WOODSTOCK, Ont., April 26- Threc men lost their lives today as the result of a washout on the Canadian National Railways main line near Beaohville, four miles ivest of here.

A railway flreman was instantly killed andan engineer fatally in- jured when the C.N.R.’s crack In- tercity Limited, Chicago-tn-Mont- real flyer, was derailed where an embankment, was washed away by floods.

A doctor on his way to the acci- dent was drowned when he and his car were swept off a bridge by the raging flood and both disap- peared before the eyes of two on- lockers.

The dead:

Norman Aiken. Sarnia, fireman. » Malcolm “Max" Isbistcr, Toronto, engineer.

Dr. J. H. NllticDonald. medical officer of health, Ingersoll.

No passengers were injured be- yond receiving a severe shaking up. A few suffered from shock and bruises. One baggagéman and a transient "riding the rods” were slightly injured and were taken to hospital at Ingersoll. They were, respectively, William Oyler, 55, Brantford. and Alyre LeBla-nc.

No. 6. the ilyer, was roaring east- ward at 2.52 p.m., A.D.T., when it hit a washout in the 10-foot em- bankment. The engine plunged into the opening, ploughing its nose into the for side of the wide gap oi the embankment. The bag- gage car and one day coach tum- hled in after it, all landing, like the engine, right side up.

Another coach and two parlor cars remained on the track.

Fireman Aiken was killed in- iandy. Engineer Isbister was pin-

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Lloyd G e o r g e Griticises Govt.

BTALYBRIDGE, Cheshire. April | B8 - (CP Cable) -—- David Lloyd Lloyd George tonight said Great Britain held the key position in the present condition of world af- fairsrbut he termed the govern- month foreign policy "ineffective. ‘ii-resolute, hesitating and wob- biing.”

The wartime Prime Minister en- tered the Salybridge bye-election flght on behalf of Rev. Gordon Lang. Labor, who is opposing HD. Trevor Cox, Conservative. Polling will be April 28.

Lloyd George said the Govern- ment had no policy toward Ger- many, neither friendly nor hostile. "They have no policy with regard to the most formidable country iri the whole of Europe in its possi- bilities and they ought. to make up‘ their minds one way or another because the peace oi the world de- pends upon it." he said.

l-Ie derided the Government for its warnings that the Bilbao block- ade was effective, pointing to the numerous British foodships that have since reached the Bay of Blscay port in deflancc of the Spanish Insurgent fleet.

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(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

WOODSTOCK, Ont., April 8- Sprawlihg rivers and burgeoning creeks scrawled a new flood story across the fare oi western Ontario Wiley inepilogue to a chapter of destruction and tragedy.

Three men died near Woodstock » as this Oxford County city cen- '

tred a ragged wheel of flood coun- lfl’. its radius lines stretching 18 miles northwest to Stratford and southwest to St. Thomas. 40 miles away.

Three men were Malcolm Isbis- ter and Norman Aiken, both of Sarnia, engineer and fireman on the C. N. Rfis Montreal-bound Chicago express, derailed just west of Woodstock; and Dr. J. H. Mao- Donald, Ingersolrs medical officer of health, swept off a. bridge as he sped by motor toward the wreck. Passengers were not injur- ed and continued by way of Strat- ford.

Valleys of the Thames River, running southwest from Central Western Ontario to Lake 5t. Clair, and the Grand, which empties in Lake Erie after a south-easterly course, were the thoroughfares of rising water, fed by rain-swollen tributaries.

A ssore of persons were rescued as two boats went from house to house on London's flooded ever- green avenue. Al; least four bridges in London district were closed to traffic.

Many acres of low-lying farm- land north of Woodstock were submerged tonight, and highway communication with the Ontsrick hospital there was cut off.

North at New Hamburg, near Kitchener. three families deserted their homes as the Nith River swept into theirceilars.

StmtforcYs drinking water was black. The Avon ovcrfiowed info artesiah wells serving the city. "Boil before drinking." doctors ordered. Two schools closed.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

LONDON, Ont, April 26--Police at nine o'clock (E. S. T.) tonight estimated 6,000 persons had been evacuated from their homes in different parts oi London, as the worst flood in 40 years overran the city. .

Book Withdrawn In England Will ~Be Published In ll. S.

(C.l'. By Guardian's Special Wire)

NEW YORK. April 2e — Dodd, Mead and Company, who have the United States publication rights to the controversial book "Coronation Commentary,‘ decided today to publiii the book which has been withdrawn in Ellfillmd-

The book, wrtien by Geoffrey Dennis, BLluflOl‘ and editor, chief oi the document services of the Lea.- guc of Nations, criticised Edward V111 in chapters referring to last. Decembcrs abdication and was caustic over the “American invad- ers" as it describes Mrs. Wfl-lllfl Simpson and her friends.

The Engl sh publishers withdrew the last-selling oocix and wrote l-hc Duke of Windsor a note oi IP01‘!!! after the Dukes solicitors threat- ened legnl action unless amends were made by .

The book says thatuPrlmc Min- ister Baldwin wou.d never have taken "so strong a line 11111858 the" were other think!" in connection with the former King's rule than the proposed marriage to Mm Simpson. N

The author concluded that un- fortunately there were" and. allidfid-

“Things done and said in h.s in- fatuation; his lover's pmdlll-llly‘. his shrill lung's rage aseinlt wil" who denied her to him. . . .

"In moments of recourse fo other sources oi couraile as well. 111 001i" of erratic obstinaoy. Till-fill 1m undone, in his infatuatonmdllty neglected. Papers 31914 “P- PIP"! curiously, neo-kaiserishly. 801M!“ ed. The affair oi the Egyptian treaty. No sound understanding oi

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Oi . Simpson the author wrote: "She came foo far below. lhc clashed too crudely with ti" M- tion's idea and ideal, drum Ind myth oi feminine royalty. Q1166" flywheel-i, Queen Victoria. Queen Alexandril. Queen Merv. the l-l- dies oi York, Gloucester. Kent - whichever standard oi Enllllll your own might happen to be anions than; variant hi ones. the new llilflfll 41¢ n“ l‘ it. Ideals are ideals. Idols must be

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IIIREJT RELIEF RISGGNTINIIEI] AFTER APRII.

Special Meeting 0f City Council Held Last Night.

All direct unemployment relief in Charlottetown will be discontinued alter April 30 the City Council de- cided at a. special meeting last night. The resolution was moved by Coun. G. W. McLeod, chairman of the finance committee, and second- ed by Coun. R. C. Chanrfier.

Coun. A. A. Hennessey, chairman of the street committee, announced that liis committee had drawn up a program of street work. He sug- gested, however, that the whole council sit in with the street com- mittee to decide on the final pro- gram. His Worship accordingly an- nounccd that a special meeting would be held to consider the street program.

The Market Committee was em- powered fo consult with an archi- tect with a view to having plans prepared for putting the fish mar- ket in a sanitary condition.

Couh. E. A. Foster, chairman of the committee deal hg with the City asphalt plant, told the council he had nothing to report but that there might possibly be something

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prove the acquisition before in a prepared statement. The Premier's statement follows: For some time hegotiaticnshave been proceeding between the Dom- inion Government and our govern-

decided on by Thursday. The com- ‘ mittee have under consideration the , moving 0f therasphalt plant. The building and machinery were dam- aged by fire late Zest fall. _

The meeting appointed Mr. Alex McDonald and Mr. William Moran to the tax appeal board. '

Resolutions were passed confirm- ing the vote oi $100 to the Little “Theatre Guild and the calling oil tenders for police uniforms, busi- ness conducted at a special meet» ing last week.

lllalue 0f Farm Produotslleaohes llillion Mark

(C.P. By Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA, April 26 —- Value of Canadian argricultural BfOdIlOlfl topped the billion-dollar mark in 1936 for the first time since depres- sion hit the country's basic industry in 1930, it was shown today by the Dominion Bureau of Statistcs.

The gross value of farm prodlifll-‘l was placed at $l,061,624,000, an 1n- crease of $112,084,000 over 1935 fig- ures. It was $294,830,000 higher than the depression-low year of 1932, r6- presenting a. gain oi 38.4 P6!‘ cem- Every province was represented in the 1936 gain over 1935 and practi- cally every farm product.

The following show the 8W5‘ value oi farm products distributed among the Maritime Provinces for 1030 with 1935 f gures in brlwKit-S- Prince Edward Island. $15-392;0°° ($13,260,000); Nova Scotia, $283M.- 009, (gzqggpooo); New Brunswick, $20,061,000, ($25,398,000)-

Six Fellowships Offered Graduates

(C.l'. by Guardian's Special Wire)

Tcmoirro, April ZPQHW" H l J. Cody, president of the Univer- sity oi Toronto, announced todflll six fellowships valued at soother-ch have been offered to graduates of gny Canadian university tenable at the school of graduate studies of the University of Toronto.

The fellowships are for graduat- es who propose to proceed to eith- er the master of arts or doctor of philosophy degree, the announce- ment said.

Pittsburgh Pre- pares To Meet Flood Menace

(A, p, by Guardian’! Slmllll wl") errrsauaon. April iii-W"- gm of the Allegheny and Monon- gahela Rivers FIPUMK m’ fringes oi Pittsburghs 801119" mangle" business area tonight while icsidents oi this steel centre new,“ for g, possible major flood. More than 30 hours of contin- uous rainfall brought the city with a population oi 700.000. t0 Bill)! with the worst April highwater threat in its historf- The "W" four feet over the 25-foot flood stage tonight and wniiiilird to rise slowly toward a predicted peak of 30 feet. Pitbburgh mobilized its man-

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ment with regard to the Yukon territory. The Dominion has felt. and our province has felt, that the interests of the Yukon might be better served if the territory were under provincial jurisdiction.

Agreement has therefore been reached under which the Yukon Territory will become a part o! British Columbia. The Yukon Ter- ritory is about two-fifths the size of the present British Columbia and the new British Columbia will extend to the Arctic Ocean. _'I.‘he legislature will of course be asked to pass the necessary leglslationto carry out the terms of the pro- posal. l

In general, the terms are as fol- lows:

. The Federation Government will retain essential federal func- tlons in the post office, national revenue. justice, Indian dEPB-ri- ments, in the same manner as these functions are at present dis- charged.

2. The Federal Government will pay to the province $135900 BYBBW for the next five years as a special grant to meet expenditures during the ensuing period.

3. Reservations will be ma.de for the use of the Indian lmlllllltlvll. to be mutually agreed upon.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

OTTAWA. April Zfi-Announce- ment of Premier Pattullo of Brit- ish Columbia that. agreement had been reached with the Federal Government for acquisition by his province of the Yukon Territory was heard with considerable sur- prise by officials who could be reached here but absence of re- sponsible minirters made it. im- possible to obtain conllrmiililflfi 01‘ details.

It is known that correspondence and discussion of this move hi!" been underway for some time and it is assumed that conditions laid down hy-the ifiledcral authorities for such an amalgamation have been accepted by the Bri_ti:h C01;

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Annual Meeting

0 n May 4th

MONCTON. N.B., April 26-(6?) -Annual meetiIIS °E the "RUIN!" tation commission of the Maritime Board of Trade would be held here May 4, it was announced today.

Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in disallowing the ap- peal of the Maritime Provinces against a. judgment of the Board oi Railway Commissioners of Can- ada in the potato freight rates case would be considered at the meeting.

Confirmation by the courts- of the judgment of the railway board that a three cent per bushel re- duction in potato freight rates be not allowed was made April 2i.

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Territorial Ari-infirm Will Make Province . Second Largest In ‘Canada With An Area Of 579,-

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VICTORIA, April 26—(CP)-Premier T. D. Pattullo announced today agreement had been reached with the Federal Government for the acquisition of the Yukon ter-

The addition of the northern territory would make British Columbia the second largest province in Canada with an area of 579,700 square miles. The largest province is Quebec with an area of 706,834 square miles.

Premier Pattullo said the agreement for the merging of the province and the Yukon followed negotiations ex-

The Legislature of British Columbia will have to ap~

it is finally effected, he said

Six Kind when Train Hits Gar

SUDBURY, Ont-L April 26-(0?) —Six persons were instantly killed here tonight when the motor car in which they were riding was struck by a westbound Canadian Pacific freight train at. the Copper

. Clifl depot level crossing. The car ‘ burst into flames and was carried

300 feet before the train came to a stop. The bodies were burned in the flaming wreckage.

The dead:

Alex. Stesco, driver of the car. sudbuxy. _

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Stesco, Sud- bury.

Two Stesco children, aged 3 and 4 years.

Miss Gladys Laverne McDonald, aged 23. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDonald, Sudbury.

Goering ilt Rome For Conference

B01412, April 26—Geheral Her- mann Goering arrived here today from Naples on what was said to be a "special mission".

Goering arrived in Italy several days ago, but spent Only a few hours here, proceeding with his wife to Naples and nearby resorts.

On his return this morning. Goerlng was greeted by German Ambassador ‘Ulrich von I-Iassel and proceeded immediately to the For- eign Office to confer with Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano.

Goeringb visit is expected to last three days. It was believed his conversations here. and those oi Kosstantin von Neurath, Ger- man Foreign Minister, expected at the beginning of next month, will pave the way for an eventual meeting between Chancellor I-iit- ler and Premier Milssolini.

BUCHARmT. April 26 - Closer economic and cultural links be- tween Poland ahd Romania were believed today to have been forged during the three day visit here of Joseph Beck. Polish Foreign Min- ister.

Beck left last night for Warsaw alter it had been officially an- nounced he and Foreign Minister Victor Anfonescu of Romania had pledged themselves "to maintain the closest contacts with each other and to proceed to a more frequent exchange of views."

It was held likely that closer rc- lstions between the general stafls of the two countries had also been agreed on. Bemi-ofllcially, it was reported that members oi the Poi- ish general staff would visitBuch- arest in June.

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Attempt Made To Stop British Freighter

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(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

‘LONDON. April Ito-Another insurgent attempt to intercept a British freighter beyond the three- mile limit off the Spanish coast gave point tonight to Britain's. protest against insurgent interfer- ence with British shipping on the high seas.

According to information reach- ing llere, a warning from the 9,- 730-ton cruiser Shropshire decid- ed the insurgent battleship Espana and cruiser Alminante Cervera ag- ainst stopping the steamship Oak Grove six mile: off the Spanish coast. ' r

'I‘he l,985-ton freighter, loaded with coal for Santander, was ap- parently following the path al- ready blazed by other "blockade runners" when sighted by the in- surgent warships. The Espana and Almlriinie Cervera signalled the Shropshire that they intended to stop the freighter.

The British cruiser used no un- certain terms, it was reported, in Warning that it would book no in- terference with British shipping beyond the three-mile limit. The Oakgrove was permitted to pro- aged and entered Santander har-

r.

While official sources confirmed protest instructions forwarded to- day to Ambassador Sir Henry Chil- ton at Hendaye, on the French- Spanish frontier, reports that -the insurgents had protested to Lon- don over British naval cooperation with the “blockade runners" re- mained unconfirmed,

(Gen. Francisco Franco's pro- teit said the naval protection given as far as the three-mile lim- it to the three British freighters which put into beleaguered Bilbao last Friday u/as a violation of ncu- trality, it. was announced at Sal- amanca.)

The list of freighters running the insurgents’ supposedly mine- studded gauntlet to Bilbao was meanwhile raised to seven whet; the Shear Garth put into the Bas- que capital port with a. cargo of food

The protert to be forwarded to Salamahca by the Ambassador was described as specifically taking the insurgent regime to task for hav- ing attempted to intercept the freighters Hamstorley, Stanbrook and MacGregor last Friday when the three food ships were still be- gond the three-mile limit off Bil-

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Robert A. Gordon Appointed Agent At Saint John

MONTREAL. Que" April 26 -- Announccnlcnt was made here to- day by G. E. Bellerosc, general manager of Canadian National Express, of the appointment of James J. Quinn, formerly agent at Saint John, N. B., to position of traffic silpervisor of the eutern district with headquarters at Mont- real, succeeding George H. Water- house who has retired. Robert A. Gordon. of Sulnmerside, Prince Edward Island, will sucoeed Mr. Quinn as agent at Saint John.

Mr. Quinn is a native of Bed- ford, Que, and entered railway service with the Grand Trunk 1n 1009. After serving in a number of positions with that railway in Quebec province and the State of Vermont, he joined the old Can- adian Express Company at Sher- brooke. in i913. became cashier there in 1916 and was appointed chief clerk. Canadian National Express, st Shel-brooks in 1928. In i928 he was appointed agent at Saint John.

Robert A. Gordon was born at Summoraide, P. E. I., and entered the service of the Canadian Na- tional Etprsas in that city in 1924. Two years isfor he was appointed agent at Summerside and contin- ued in that position until thepro- motion announced today.

TC ILL BEACHES $2,405,350.30

The Home Improvement Loan to- tal for Canada at the end of March was $2,100,850.90.

In Prince Edward Island. the sum of $22,610.23 was loaned by the lmnks up to 31st March for Home tnwovsments under the Plen-

Gooupy Eibar

EENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Border, April 26-—Insurgent van- guards were reported without of- ficial confirmation today to have occupied the abandoned cities of Eibar and Durahgo, last important barriers to a great push down the |

mountains on the Basque capital’ of Bilbao. They nloved against a wall of l

flame. Both towns were evacuated; and columns of black smoke bon- y witness to the reported burning oi‘ ‘ Eibar, an important munitions. centre. by relrealiliu government troops. Insurgents said Eibar ill-as a "vast. furnace." l

The roads from DllPilllgO lo Bil- bao, 16 miles away, were rhokodr with fleeing govemmeni. soldiers, women and children.

The insurgents, holding height. , dominating Eibar, also occupied