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12 Return to Old Abuses Seen By Duplessis QUEBEC, April 30. (CP) 'A charge that Quebec's Liberal Government was returning to the "old system of abuses" in provincial police administration was laid in the Legislative Assembly today by the Opposition leader, Maurice Duplessis. "Why return to the system in which provincial policemen don-nrd civvies at election time to go nd telegraph votes?" he asked. "The Government soon will regret Its actions." Police Forces Separated. The Opposition chief spoke before the Lower House, by vote of 4-5 to 9, gave second reading to a Government bill placing under separate administration the provincial liquor police and provincial police proper.

Leading a Government counterattack. Premier Godbout said Mr. Duplessis was "brave" when Parliamentary immunity allowed him to "say anything aoout anybody, ith the poor victim unable to defend himself. "During the three years the Union Nationale were la power complaints never were acted upon and laid against the provincial police. The offenders never were punished." Hon.

T. D. Bouchard, Minister of Roads, charged the" Union Na-tionale had "detectives of all sorts who sought to dirty the reputations of British Troops Continued from Pace One. been but there is a disposition to regard it as true, particularly in view of the announcement of the German High Command that the Oslo and Trond-heim forces have met. Great German Effort.

Military experts here believe the Germans have made a great effort to join these forces and that it is quite possible that they have outrun their line of communication. The situation in the Dombas area was described as "dangerous and very This source declared he was not prepared to speculate on the nature of the developments in Norway since "speculation at this stage may mean the loss of men's lives." A report from amsos yesterday described the situation there and in the sector where the Allies were entrenched at Steinkjer as he declared. There is no reason for supposing the situation has deteriorated since then, he added. At Narvik, the Allied forces are reported moving closer to the town. There was no attempt by this British source to discount the German announcement that the Nazi forces in Oslo and Trondheim had joined hands.

"We njust remember that what with demolitions and bombing, German communications will not be he said. The source said if small parties of troops have made contact it "does not mean there is a constant flow of men and France Frankly Continued from Page One. claims of the German occupation of Dombas, Norway, which I) Messaggero termed "a great strategic Otherwise there was no new manifestation of hostility toward the Allies after yesterday's bitter anti-French outburst in which virtually the entire Italian press commented strongly on 'the French treatment of Italy. The occasion was the 91t anniversary of Garibaldi's defeat of a French expeditionary force sent against Italian republican troops in Rome. Concerning the eventual possibility of a more friendly atmosphere in the Mediterranean, Fascists observed that it already had been made clear that free access to this sea.

both ends of which were controlled by Britain, is essential to a clarification of British-Italian relations. On the other hand diplomatic observers saw no sign of any immediate change in Italy's nonbelligerency. The fact that the Italian liner Rex sailed yesterday for New York on. schedule and that other Italian liners were departing regularly for-North and South America and the Far East was considered one indication that Italy is planning no. drastic action in the near future.

Traffic Court For failing to halt at a stop signal. Percy C. Roberts, of Russell; Clayton H. Johnston, 151 Metcalfe street, and John C. Edwards.

Roxborough Apartments, $3 and $2 costs. For failing to carry an operator's license while driving. Laura A. Gunn. 155 MacLaren street, and John C.

Edwards, Roxborough Apartments, $3 and $2 costs. Beverley Baxter's new book Men, Martyrs and Mountebanks out Thursday M. JABVIS Thr Boakstorl" lit Bank St. The Best New Book Bombing and Air Isn't Going to Disturb Birds Department of National Defence Sets Fears of Ornithologists at Rest Bird sanctuaries in Canada, for the preservation of wild fowl, will not be disturbed by bombing and air firing practice, according to a statement issued today by the Department of National Defence. This was designed to set at rest the fears of ornithologists about the bombing and gunnery ranges the Royal Canadian Air Force is establishing in various parts of the country.

It said experience in England had proven that the nature of training provided for air observers'and gunners was not such as to cause damage to wild life. No live bombing would be done, as smoke bombs serve training requirements adequately. Range Area Needed. X1 The area needed for a range is approximately 18 miles long and six miles wide, preferably located over water and along a shoreline. Such a situation permits an unobstructed view from control stations, targets on water may be handled with greater facility, and the expense of leasing large tracts of land is avoided.

There had been a suggestion that large birds be used as live targets for young airmen. "Although the hunting Instinct In the minds of many men might be stimulated by the possibilities of this form of shooting, such activities will not be permitted for reasons of security as much as for the protection of the wild said the Defence Department statement. Make Presentation To Father Harris Presentation1 of a purse and sil ver plate to Rev. P. C.

Harris, pastor of St. Isidore's Church, South March, was made on Sunday by the Catholic Women's League sub-division of the parish. The address was read by Mrs. Lawrence Foley and the presentation made by Mrs. Harold Cunningham.

Father Harris expressed his thanks to the sub-division for its loyalty and sincere sense of duty in all matters pertaining to the parish. St. Isidore's parish celebrates its centenary this Sunday while Father Harris celebrates the 25th anniversary of his ordination the following day. Need Definite Continued from Pare One. tingly permitted traffic to be diverted to media of greater costs.

"It is hardly necessary for me to point out that a substantial volume cf traffic has in recent years been diverted from the railways to highway, water and air carriers. Ostensibly, much of this traiffc has lost to the railways because of the ability of other agencies to render cheaper services. Sir Edward said that actually the diversion occurred in many cases not because railway transport had been supplanted by more economical agencies "but by reason of the fact that these agencies have been permitted to operate without belrtg charged adequately for the public facilities which they "Whenever departure is made from the strict principle that each agency must pay fairly and adequately for the facilities provided for its use, there is placed upon the general taxpayer the burden of bearing a portion of the transportation cost. The result of these policies has been that subsidized transport has been favored to the disadvantage of self-supporting and more efficient competitors." He compared the situation with that existing in the United Kingdom, where in the words of. the British Transport Minister, the railways now were being run "as a unified concern in the interests of the national war In the United States centralization of authority was being expanded steadily and legislation was under consideration to provide -impartial regulation in the public interest.

Sir Edward said Canadians would not long remain Indifferent to their own fcemt interests as evinced by the recent public discussions on the St. Lawrence seaways project, and there was "developing a tendency to regard unfavorably any further larger expenditures on transportation facilities without most careful appraisal of their economic "Already there are signs of awakening in Canada. Studies and investigations of higher operations point clearly to the need for adequate regulation and for the imposition of proper charges on commercial highway users. Throughout the country the general public is beginning to be incensed at the use of highways for purposes for which they were never intended and tor which there is no public necessity." Wants Unification. In the opinion of the railway president, the placing of the country's two greatest railway i systems under common manage-I ment would not result in a re duction of rajlway transportation capacity, "but would tend, through the use of the most efficient and highly developed channels, to in crease it "Since the achievements made possiDie Dy mis means couia pe accomplished without hardship to labor, simply through the normal process of employment attrition, they are worth while, whether we are at war or at peace.

"It 1 is inevitable that public advocacy of unified railway man agement in Canada will be re- i sumed. It is my hope that, when that time comes, your company may be enjoying substantial earnings and paying dividends Should this be so, opponents of transportation economies will find it more difficult to misrepresent, as they have done in recent years, the motives which have prompted your company to uree unified management," 1 i i i i Firing Practice Body of Gordon Day Is Brought to Ottawa The fiag-draped casket with the body of Pilot Officer Gordon (Toots) Day, son of Captain R. R. B. Day and Mrs.

Day, of 70 Rose-mere avenue, who was killed in a flying accident at Camp Borden Monday night, arrived at Union Station this morning. Pilot Officer W. R. Ramsay. friend of the family, accompanied the body.

Mr. ancLMrs. L. Chris- tensen, 95 Grove avenue, also close friends of the family, met the train. The body was taken to Hulse and Playfair funeral parlors, 315 McLeod street, where it will rest until burial.

The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at three i o'clock frorn the chapel, with full Air Force honors. The interment will be at Beech wood cemetery, Flight Lieutenant the Rev. W. E. Cockram, R.C.A.F.

chaplain, and Rev. C.I A. Bender, rector of i the Church of the Ascension, will conduct the services the services. Rogerslees Continued from Pare One. destined to see service in France.

Mr. Rogers said the matter would be decided by developments. On this point he recently said "Canadian troops have always served where they could make the greatest Hive of Activity. Just before taking off from an R.A.F. base that was a hive of activity, Mr.

Rogers, together with Hon. Vincent Masaey, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Major-General H. D. G. Crerar, senior officer of Canadian Military Headquarters in London, and Captnin H.

A. Dyde, special assistant to the Minister, visited Canada's massive memorial that dominates the country around Vimy Ridge. The party also tramped 'about the trenches which the Canadian Government has perpetuated in cement as a. reminder of the glorious victory her sons scored over the Germans In the last war. The party's earlier tour through a large area of northern ranee that is now alive with Tommies revealed a great assortment of blockhouses and pillboxes the troops have been constructing instead of sitting waiting for Hitler's threatened Blitzkrieg to strike.

Every one of the scores of roads along which we drove was "covered" by a blockhouse. An enemy column moving along the road would be inviting annihilation from the armaments bristling through small muzzle holes in the blockhouse's walls of steel and cement. The-walls of the block- "houses, which look like overgrown igloos, are three and more feet thick. Rolling farm fields of the area; which old men and women till while the younger men serve In the war. sone, also were speckled with blockhouses and smaller pillboxes equally staunch.

Far back of the line being buttressed for this war lie constant reminders of the other war. that the world hoped would end all wars. Farm fields just coming to life under the caress of Spring have not lost the scars cut by trenches more- than 20 years ago. Here and there rise ugly ruins of buildings shattered by shells. And everywhere there are monuments to the victory won or the dead lost in winning Pay Final Tribute To Mrs.

John B. Nash Tribute to the memory of Mrs. John who died Sunday, was paid at the funeral held from her late residence, 43 Primrose avenue, to the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help this morning. Solemn requiem high mass was chanted by RevJ P. Mann, assisted by Rev.

William Moore, as deacon, and Rev. John O'Neil, as sub-deacon. Prayers at the graveside in Notre Dame cemetery were said by Father Mann, Chief mourner was a son, John R. Nash, of the Post Office Department. Among the many and beautiful floral and spiritual offerings were those from the following: Directors and executives of the direct purchase equipment supply branch.

Post Office Department; and Social and Association of the direct purchase equipment supply branch, the Post Office Department. AleXOn dre Tacfie Re-elected Batonnier Alexandre Tache, K.C., was reelected batonnier of Hull Bar Association at its annual meeting held this morning at Hull Superior Court. Other officers of the association chosen i for the forth- coming year were: Alphonse Fournier, K.C., M.P.. delegate to the Quebec Bar Association: Paul Sie. Marie, trustee: Wilfrid Ste.

Marie. K.C.. J. A. Aylen, K.C..

and J. Noel Beauchamp, K.c directors; Jacques Bertrand, treasurer: Avila La belle, secretary; Joseph Ste. Marie, librarian; Robert Fortier, reporter; Philip F. Foran and Rodngue Bedard, auditors 1 THE OTTAWA" JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1940. HEROINE WITH FRENCH (Hi Wide World Photo.

MLLE. LOUISE THULIEZ. sentenced to death by the Germans In Belgium along with British Nurse Edith Cavell in the World War. who has enlisted as a canteen worker with (he French Army. A school teacher.

Mile. Thulies Joined Nurse Cavell and others in Brussels, and after the German capture of the city, aided Allied prisoners to escape. German revolutionists released Mile. Thulies and others convicted with Nurse Cavell after the armistice. This photo was made In 1934.

People Want Blow at Huns It ays Sinclair LONDON, April 30. (CP) German claims of success in Norway brought an attack tonight by Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal leader in the House of Commons, on what he called "apparently Inspired articles" in the British press suggesting Allied troop withdrawals from the central battle-fronts of Norway. A Daily Express editorial had said that withdrawal from Central Norway "would not be so great a disaster as the retreat from Mons in the last The Times had declared "our soldiers in Norway are faced with an uphill Sir Archibald, speaking in Glasgow, voiced the only outspoken criticism of the Government. In the lobbies of the House of Commons there were some opposition whispers, but Government supporters apparently took the view it was safer to wait until Prime Minister Chamberlain spoke, perhaps later this week, before forming any definite opinions oh the course of the war in Scandinavia. Withdrawal, Sir Archibald said, was a policy which could be justified only if the military situation' were beyond repair in Norway.

"if Indeed that be the case it would be criminal to urge the Government to throw away any more valuable lives in a hopeless or almost hopeless effort to retrieve it (the military situation), but searching questions will have to be asked. The Government must decide on vigorous measure and determined action In Norway, or remaining neutrals would rush to the German bandwagon. He struck sharply at "false prophets telling us Hitler has missed the bus" a phrase which Prime Minister Chamberlain used recently in describing Adolf Hitler's strategy. "That reminds me of the prophecy that Munich meant 'peace in our time'. "Although we shall muddle through to victory in the long run.

we shall pay for the feebleness of our political direction by prolongation of the war. "There is nothing in the rules of war against a country moving skilfully and striking without warning, and the British public would notcomplain if the British Government moved and struck the Germans." Sir Archibald said "the country will be entitled to know whether the troops sent to undertake this hazardous enterprise were highly trained regular with experienced officers and ftaffs, and whether they were adequately equipped. "If the Government jnuddled in this Norwegian campaign it will be for Parliament to act objectively, fearlessly and resolutely as the grand Inquest of the nation." Mrs. John Scharfe Found Dead in Bed ASHTON, May 1. (Special) Mrs.

John Scharfe, 55, wife of a 12th line of Goulbourn farmer, was found dead in her home a high-powered rifle lying beside her at mid-morning today. The woman had been shot through the head and had died instantly. She was lying on a bed in a second-storey room of the farmhouse, a rifle and short length of stick lying at her side. Dr. E.

G. Wprley, of Ashton, was summoned And County Coroner Dr. J. S. Nelson went to the scene at noon.

Discovery of the body was made by the woman's husband. He returned from the fields during the morning and found his wife's body. He ran -to his brother-in-law's home nearby and called the doctor. Mrs. Scharfe is survived by her husband; a step-son, Cecil, of Ashton; three brothers, Ezra, George and Hugh, all of this district, and two sisters, Mrs.

W. Moore and Mrs. Wesley Lowe, both of Ashton. She had been a resident of this district all her life and was well known here. She had been in poor health for the last few month.

'Maestro' Provides 'Symphony' Of Movement Directing Traffic Constable Charles A. Taylor Earns Plaudits For Signals at Rideau and Sussex Streets A dash of showmanship which motorists seem to appreciate is the ingredient used by Constable Charles A. Taylor to make his traffic direction job a success. A familiar figure on point duty at the busy intersection of Rideau and Sussex 'streets, he has been described by Alderman Martin M. Walsh, of City Council's traffic committee, as giving bst signals of any traffic officer in Canada.

A "Conductor" of Traffic. Certainly no motorist driving by that corner daily could miss the tall, white-gloved figure who punctuates each change in traffic direction with a whistle blast. Constable Taylor uses his hands as if the flow of traffic were a musical instrument and there are few discordant notes. Some officers jerk a friendly thumb over their shoulders to indicate traffic is to begin moving in the direction designated but not Constable Taylor. He sweeps the waiting cars into motion with a flowing gesture of his entire right arm, while the left holds back the other stream of autos.

While one hand holds a whistle to his lips, the other quite adequately controls the traffic situation. While there are a limited number of formal signals which all officers use, yet there is considerable leeway. Common sense is the test and the successful traffic officer must pass it. Called "Honor" Graduate. Inspector John Barlow from time to time holds "classes" in traffic direction, at which he culls from years of experience friendly tips to his officers.

Constable Taylor may be called an honor graduate of these informal sessions. Evidence Exonerates Charles Boyer Of Serious Charge Evidence of independent wit- nesses in Magistrate's Court today 1 exonerated SS-year-old Charles Boyer. 438 'i Preston street, of a charge of robbery with violence, and led Crown Attorney Hnoul Mcrcler, K.C., himself to ask dismissal of the case following the hearing. A web of circumstantial evidence was neatly snapped when several defence witnesses testiflea that the $13 found on Boyer's person when he was taken into custody last Friday had been found in his restaurant by one of them, and turned over to him, as proprietor. The money was identified as belonging to Rolland Barbeau.

63 Adeline street, on whose complaint the charge was laid. Barbcau went to Civic Hospital with head injuries suffered in a scuffle with Boyer prior to the tatter's arrest and subsequent release on bail. Today the former testified he was struck by Boyer at the rear of the latter's restaurant several times, and remembered nothing until leaving the premises in a dazed condition. According to Boyer. the quarrel occurred when he asked Barbeau for payment of an account of $3.52.

Barbeau pushed him, he pushed back, then Barbeau swung the first blow of the affray, the defendant testified. Witnesses called by John Mirsky, defence counsel, conflrmed the proprietor's story and told of the discovery of the money following the fight. Mr. Mercicr himself, pointing out to Deputy Magistrate O'Connor that there had been insufficient evidence on which to base a charge, asked the case be dismissed. Race Entries PIMLICO ENTRIES.

First race, purse 1.000. iVlming. 2-ycar-olds and up. 'i furlong Pet-tamo. 112: aMIsa Cheers.

108; Patched Pants. 112: Buckle Up. 112: Real Value, 112: aTaranne. 10: Chives. 109.

sMsclhorn farm entry. Second race, purse 1.000. claiming. 3-year-olds and up. six furlongs, chute Pack Saddle.

114; Marlyah. 105; Hurdy Gurdy. Ill: Mifts Maker. 102: aSephn. Grand Duke.

119: x-aDulie. 117; xAster Princess, 104: Miss Fixlt. ill: Chcrachin, 116; xBrown Light, 111. xMy Lawyer, 117: Sedate. 109: Dark Friend.

Ill: xAmerlee. 112: xKaptime. 112: Dark Pony. 104: Paper Drop. 118.

aE. R. Pike and C. M. Feltner entry.

Third race, purse $1,000. Billy Barton steeplechase. 4-year-olds and. up. 2'j miles Matey, 108: aBnbe.

153: Spinach. 113: One Rounu. ISO; aGood Worth. 133: Enterprise, 133. aJ.

Richards entry. Fourth race, purse 11.000, claiming, 3- vear-olds, mile and 70 yards So Fong 109. Pompier 111. Giggle Lee 118. Screw Driver 114; xMinorca 101, 'latent 111.

La Sea la 113. Polly MacDun 108. Fifth race, purse 1.000. claiming. 4-year-olds and up.

8 furlongs (chute) xArgrlla 110, Old Dom 114, xOpen Door 109. Suburbanite 114. Sun Phantom 122. Gay Amazon 107. Kamport 107.

Blue Marvel 117. Presidential 119. Brown Knight 114. Meadow Morn 112 Maroc 112. Greedan 120 Sixth race, purse S3.

500. added. 3- ear-olds. Ral Parr Handicap, four and a half furlongs Ice Water 114. Sun Thrush 114.

Becnmly 119, Liberio 114, Cook Book 111, Trip It 117. Don Orlan 119. aSocratlc 117. a Double Call 119. Mardl Gras 117.

Straddle On 114. Pete Jr. 117. Nannykins 114. Blenstgn 114 aTower stable and King farm entry Seventh race, purse $1,000.

claiming, four-year-olds and- up. mile and an eighth xHowsrd 115. Btacant 118. Red Jack 118. xConnie Plaut 112.

xCount Tetrarch 111. aFire Ball 122. aAlsatVg 123. aLlberty Lane stable entry. Eighth race, purse gl.OUO.

claiming. 4- year-olds and up. 1 1-18 miles xaPine Tag. 108: Head Hunter, 120. Limerick.

113:. xBound Count, 113; KOddMa Frank. 113: Sun Sweep, in. Gold D'Or. 113; More Poise.

118: Brilliant One. 113: xChslnwicK. 103; Trout StreaVn. 113; aPretty Night. 111.

WG. Jones entry. Clear, fast. xAjt.C. Italy Clamps on Excess Profits Tax ROME.

May I. (41 The Italian Cabinet today decreed a special excess profits tax on earnings attributable to war conditions. The tax, graduated from 10 to 60 will be applied when the total annual earning exceeds 12.000 lire (about $600). CHARLES TAYLOR. Little mannerisms make this officer known to many a driver from even quite a distance.

More than six feet in height, he tosses his whistle in the air from time to time, watching traffic all the while. That long right arm stif-' fens in peremptory command when a motorist infringes on the rights of other drivers. It's showmanship and it works. L. C.

11 Criminal Cases On Spring Docket One of the largest criminal dockets on record 11 cases awaits the opening here Monday of the Spring assizes of the Ontario Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Chevricr will preside. Among those to face triai are Harry Binder. Louis Binder and Ray Saunders, charged with bieach of the Defence and Canada Regulations, and Lester Arbuckle, youth charged with criminal attack on a 52-year-old woman.

Eight of the cases involve breaking and entering charges and one arises from a charge of reckless driving. In addition 32 civil cases, five of them divorce actions and 20 of them calling for a jury, have been set down for trial. Feeling in U.S. Continued from Pate One. States, and Hon.

Loring" Christie, Canadian Minister to Washington. Over there he had told the press he would not give out interviews, and today when he was surrounded with newspaper representatives at Union Station he remarked he had told the press in the States he would not give any interviews in Ottawa. However, he did make the remarks quoted, and also said "I had a most delightful visit. Everyone there appreciated the fact I had come down for a rest before the session of Parliament, and they respected that and left me alone." Asked About His Golf. Dressed in a dark suit with a black fedora and carrying gloves, the Prime Minister's appearance fully substantiated his statements as to his health.

Almost at once he was taxed with "secret" golf playing talents which had been unknown in Ottawa, since a reporter at Virginia Beach had sent out a despatch that Mr. King would play golf. Mr. King laughed. "No, I didn't play any he said.

"Wha I did hear was that I was to play croquet, which is worse." There was prompt agreement. The Prime Minister shook hands with the Minister of Finance, Mr. Ralston, who had been down to meet the 11.40 train thinking Mr. King was aboard. "I hope you have not been working too he said.

Then he inquired as to the health of Mr. Lapointe. the Minister of Justice, who is in hospital, expressing He was assured it was nothing serious. Mr. King was asked as to the developments in the St.

Lawrence seaway scheme but he had nothing to say, referring a questioner who wanted to know if negotiations were proceeding smoothly, to Dr. O. D. Skelton. Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs.

At the Station. Mr. Ilsley, Minister of National Revenue; Mr. McLarty, Minister ol Labor; Senator Cairine Wilson. Baron Silvcrcruys, George J.

McIIraith and J. A. Pinard, Ottawa members-elect; R. W. Gladstone, M.P.-elect, A.

D. P. Heency, clerk of the Privy Coun cil and secretary to the Cabinet; W. J. Turnbull.

H. R.i L. Henry, W. Pickersgill and others from the Prime Minister's office; A. Gordon McDougall.

president of West Ottawa Liberal Association; Miss Helen Doherty. C. Campbell and others were on hand to meet the Prime Minister. As A. C.

Campbell siook hands with Mr. King the latter was heard to. remark: "There isn't anyone I would rather have come down to meet This indicated the high spirits of the returning Prune Minister. He waved his hands to the engineer of the. train, shook' hands with the Union Station ticket examiner, James Mullins, and then when greeted by an elderly lady in the concourse he doffed lis hat and titoek bar she hand.

Canadian Nurses For Polish Force LONDON, May" 1. CP The staff and vehicles of the Canadian Polish ambulance unit left London for France today Id serve with the Polish forcedthere. The unit commandant, Pat Tuckett, of Toronto, is ill and unable to travel at present, but she will join the unit in France. The only other Canadian member is Beatrice Ferguson, daughter of -H. B.

Ferguson, of Toronto, who is driving one of the two ambulances which were purchased with funds mostly donated by Poles in Canada. 'Sfop-the-War' Candidate Defeated GLASGOW, May 1 (CP) Commander T. D. Galbraith. Conservative, today defeated John Nicholson.

"Stop-the-War" candidate, in a byelection in the Pollok division of Glasgow necessitated by the death of Sir John Gilmpur, Minister of Shipping. Commander Galbraith, who was returned to the House of Commons by 17,850 votes to 2,401, declared when the result was announced that he hoped the result would "deter pacifists from contesting seats when the country is unitedly in favor of the Government's prosecution of the Mr. Nicholson, seventh anti-war candidate beaten in by elections by wide margins, said "I am delighted to think that in this Tory stronghold 2,400 people came out in full declaration against the Government." Mine-Laden Continued from Page One, off through the debris to the homes of kindly neighbors. Airmen on Guard. Airmen with fixed bayonets stood guard this afternoon over the wreckage of the 'plane, while officials directed a minute search of the crumpled mass of steel and fabric.

Investigation seemed to confirm the theory that the havoc wrought when the 'plane crashed was due to a bomb explosion. In order to permit experts to undertake the risky task of dealing with any unexploded bombs, police, soldiers and airmen cleared the area of all civilians within a radius of 1,000 yards. The devastated area embraced several streets. In these streets, houses were lurching in all directions, many of them materiaj.only for wreckers. Through the tioles left by the blown-in window frames could be seen shattered remnants of the neat homes of yesterday, where unsuspecting people rwcre injured or terrified as ceilings and walls collapsed around thcm.

In many cases doors were blown completely off their hinges, revealing damage to halls and staircases. Smashed Beyond Repair. A Press Association reporter who was allowed to pass through the cordon of police and soldiers found "scores of small suburban type houses, as well as large mansions, smashed almost beyond Thick outside walls were cracked from top to bottom, while thousands of red roof tiles had been ripped from rafters and flung over the debris. At the centre of the actual crater left by the crash lay a confusion of bricks, lumps of stucco and broken furniture, in an area which yesterday was a neat garden lawn. (See Also Page 13).

R. J. Cassidy Wins Captaincy in England Lieut. R. J.

Cassidy, who is now in England; has been promoted te captain. He is second-in-command of the 3rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers. Before going overseas he was an employe of the Ottawa Electric Railway. Captain Cassidy has been connected with the Royal Canadian Engineers for some time and is a highly qualified engineer. His wife is in Ottawa.

a popular misconception It is sometimes thought that a trust company sets its own fees for managing an estate. Actually, proper legal machinery is provided for arriving at the remuneration which shall be paid any executor trust company or private person. The procedure consists of bringing the estate accounts before a Judge of the Surrogate Court and the Judge decides the amount of compensation after due examination and appraisal of the executor's work. Over many decades our Surrogate Courts have established a more or less standard scale of fees. IJ This Corporation with its wide experience in estates' administration is in a position, for the fee awarded by the Courts, to conserve and protect your estate to the best advantage.

We invite your inquiries. THE TORONTO GENERAL TRUSTS CORPORATION ui iA a orrur: ploin and staius streets Managing estates Oiling Swamps To Reduce Mosquito Pest Oiling of swamps in the city and vicinity to reduce the annual mosquito nuisance to a minimum has commenced, it was announced today. Between 10,000 and 15,000 gallons of light oil are being used and the work will cost upwards of $6,000. Because of the fact the river waters are at a lower level this year than is usual for this time, and because the work is being supervised by an expert in m-quito control, it is expected even better results will be obtained this season. Dr.

Donald Cameron, formerly of Cornell University, who has done much work in mosquito control, and who happens to be in the city taking a military course, has undertaken to supervise the work for the Federal District Commission. Dr. Cameron has interested Boy Scout and other youth organizations in locating swamps where the mosquitoes breed, and these places are being treated with oil. Swamps for a distance of eight miles from the Capital are being covered with a film of the light oil' used, and 24 men are engaged in the work. It was stated the oil does not affect animal life in any way.

The Federal District Commission has set aside $3,200 for the work. The city contributes another $2,000, Rockcliffe $1,000, and the County of Carleton, $100. Lord Milne Inspects Newfoundlanders LONDON, May 1 The first contingent of Newfoundland artillerymen, who arrived in Britain April 25, today were inspected by Field Marshal Lord Milne at the Woolwich training base. Lord Milne, who commanded the Fourth Divisional Artillery at the outbreak of the last war, welcomed the men to the ranks of the Royal Artillery and expressed confidence that they would uphold the great traditions of the famed regiment. He congratulated the contingent on their soldierly bearing and re- minded them that they were standing on sacred ground which had been the home of the Royal Artillery for more than 200 years.

Commits Five Continued from Page One. -a brief oral judgment. He said he found evidence sufficient to commit on the charges as prepared. Anderson, Niver and Trew accepted voluntary statement immediately and were committed to trial at the next term of King's Bench Court opening here May 10. Graham and Pat tee will appear Friday for voluntary statement.

(When an accused appears for voluntary statement he has the opportunity of presenting a defence or of choosing a trial either before a judge and jury or a judge alone). James Crankshaw, one of the six defence lawyers, told the court the defence planned to elect trial by jury. Three rf the accused, Trew. Pat tee and Graham, are free in bail. Anderson and Niver have' been in jail since the men were arrested a month ago after a four-month investigation into the company ordered by the Attorney General's Department at Quebec.

Yugoslavia and Rumania Reject Hungary's Plan May 1 Yugoslavia and Rumania have reject-, ed Hungary's proposal for international policing of the stretch of the Danube river under their sovereignty, it was announced officially today. The Hungarian plan would have made all Danu-bian countries responsible for guarding the river near the "Iron It was understood to have been advocated by Dr. Karl Clodius, German trade negotiator, in an interview yesterday with the Yugoslav Foreign Minister, Alexander Cincar-Markovic. and trusts since 1 882.