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I I riTTTgy wrovtg: qtrE, the rvryrvG crnzEv, ottawa. Mmuur. nixr i wt. Creighton street; Lionel Mansell, 4t dJJOttM Toe Honrf whom had evidently had her teeth Boys' Gty Council loosened, but no one appeared sen cusly hurt." Struck by Chairs. Recover Goods Valued at $800 Elects Aldermen A.

E. Corrigan, 301 Laurier avenue Virtoria street; Norman Moss, Buena Vista road. St. Faul's-Eastern Arnold Eraser, 111 Augusta: Floyd Lemon, SS3 Kir.g Edward avenue; Bruce Mc-Lellan, 120 Augusta. Sooth Ottawa.

St. James Thomas Grindlay, 22 Roseberry avenue; Lawrence Ritchie, 275 First avenue; Gordon east, when interviewed by Trie are the two mentors in charge, while at St. Matthias' Anglican church, Hugh MegUl Is the director. Officers of Doug. Forward's group and that In St.

Matthias' church will be elected shortly. Those of Alf percival's group follow: president. Elswood Evoy; vice-president. Sam Caldwell, and secretary-treas For Year of 1932 Citizen last rught stated that, be was returning to Ottawa on the Ten Injured As Trains Collide NearingOttawa Canadian National Crashes Into Rear of Canadian terir-g the main Lne first last nig 1st The Canadian National follows in on the line, and then at Laurier avenue bridge the trains are switched agiin to separate tracks. It was between the switch and the Deep Cut and the switch at Laurier avenue bridge that the collision occurred.

Er.gineeT H. Legate of Ot'awa. who was driving the Canadian National, was suddenly confronted with a blanket of steam from the Canadian Pacific train ahead of him. He apparently did not realize he was eo near the train ahead of him. and before he could And Arrest Two C-PJl.

train from Montreal. was sitting in the observation car abo'k two chairs from the front of the car when the accident occurred, said Mr. Corrigan. "I was talking to Mr. Hogarth and was in the act Joseph and Albert Vachon Charged With Receiving Stolen Goods.

More Ar of putting on my overshoes. All the other passengers in the car, numbering about fourteen or fifteen, get his bearings his train had crashed into the rear of the other one. rests Expected to Follow. had left the observation car when nmber of Trail Ranger Groups' Also Have Been Formed in West Ottawa. Tuxis Boys Active.

During the past week the various aldermen to the Ottawa Tuxis Boys' City Council for 1932 have been elected by their respective Tuxis squares throughout the city and suburbs. The complete list of these officers follows, the third name C. L. Rosser and J. Glas Capt.

G. L. Eosser and J. W. Glass were elected jobmaster and secretary respectively at the atnual meeting of the Ottawa group of Toe H.

held at the Legion club house. Major the Rev. C. G. Hep-bum.

was unanimously reelected senior padre for the forthcoming year. The retiring Jobmaster gave a re port on the work that had been accomplished during the past year, and the retiring secretary-treasurer reported that the finances were in a satisfactory condition. Plans were discussed for 1932 and it was decided to hold meetings in future on the second and fourth Thursdays of tha month. Charles A. Neville, who represented the local group at the recent Toe H.

birthday party at Montreal, gave a most interesting and com prehenslve report, and described some of the Toe H. activities in that city. W. B. Gooch, who had been affiliated with Toe H.

in London, England, and at Calgary, gave an account of the movement in other cities. The ceremony of "lights" was the train was about a mile out from Ottawa to get their overcoats, etc Merchandise valued at about $800, proceeds of a series of thefts ex McKee, 15 Patterson avenue. Fourth Baptist Ed. Checkland, 227 Bank Ken Steele, 95 Second avenue; Ronald Graham, 31 Second avenue. Southminster Ted Hamer, 65 Grove avenue; Don Fairbalrn, 1318 Bank street; Chester Wilson, Metcalfe road.

Wesley Cedric Dale, 77 Lees avenue; Eric Brown, 117 Hawthorne avenue; Art Radbourne, 859 McLeod street. West Ottawa. McFhail Harry Leggett, 675 Oil-mour street; Carl McLaurln, 606 Somerset street west; Roy Smith, 130 Eccles. There is but one Tuxis Square in preparation to getting off at the Immediately there was confusion aboard both trains. Passengers were flung from their seats and those who were preparing to leave the trains as they were pulling station.

Pacific in Laurier Ave. Yards Last Night. Four of Injured Are In Gvic Hospital Flin Flon Wrestler'i Skull Fractured. Fire Chief Lemieux Hurt. "I would have been out of the car too, if it had not been for the kind tending back about month, was recovered yesterday by police.

In connection with tha case, Albert Vachon, 307B Dalhousle street, and into the station were thrown forcibly to the floors of the coaches. ness of the conductor in bringing Both trains were brought to urer, Stuart Kettles. Both the Parkdale groups meet eacb Tuesday evening at the Hintonburg while St. Matthias bold their week-night meetings on Thursday evenings. The latter group were instructed in the development of the photograph by their mentor last Thursday, at which meeting the mayor of the Ottawa Boys' Council was present.

Held Up On Preston St. Claiming that he was knocked down and robbed by an. unknown assailant as he was proceeding home along Preston street nar the C.N.3. i bway at 2.S0 o'clock this morning William Latreuille called the police. He told an officer that $23 and his watch was taken.

TORONTO, Dec. 11. Doubt as to early achievement of a permanent solution of the struggle in Manchuria was expressed tonight by N. A. Mackenzie, associate professor of law at the University of Toronto, who recently returned from a trip across Manchuria.

mentioned being that of the deputy alderman from the square: me my coat and overshoes. He left them with me and returned to other immediate stop and officials of both companies commenced checking up Joseph Vachon, 165 Armstrong street, were taken Into custody. They are charged with receiving East Ottawa. McLeod St. Ian Johnstone, -30 carts of the I was sitting in the chair fastening my overshoe on the injured and seeing that they when the crash came.

It was were properly cared for. Dr. F. w. Fourth avenue; Jerry Allen, 404 McLeod street; Charles Taggart, 70 stolen goods.

lucky thing for me that I was not In West Ottawa. Others are In or Ten persons, nine of them residents of Ottawa, were Injured about at the rear of the observation car, Driveway. More arrests are expected to fol MacKinnon attended most of those hurt. The Injured in hospital were taken to the institution in motor Chalmers Bob Shearer, 1 Pat ganization stages. Carleton County.

Merivale Carson Bradley, Gar terson avenue; Angus McMorran, low. According to police, the Vach-ons were but tools In the hands of a ring of thieves. The stolen goods for if I had been I think I would have been killed outright, although I thought I was gone anyway. It all happened so suddenly that it cars furnished by the railway com panics. 9.15 o'clock last night In a rear end collision of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Montreal to net Davidson and Ernest Simpson, carried out with due solemnity and 5S McLeod street; Bob Motherwell, 306 Fairmont avenue.

all from Westboro. were found in two local stores. was over in a minute. Dominion Jack Marriott, 3 Hart- City View Ralph Henry. There were only two passengers In the observation car of the Canadian Pacific train.

A. E. Corrigan Vancouver crack trains in the Lau The climax to the robberies came the closing invocation was given by the Rev. A. E.

L. Caulfield. Mr. Reader, opportunity is pag "The force of the crash did not yesterday afternoon when Detec lngton Place; Jack Field, 49 Fairmont avenue; Douglas Stevens, 30 Clifford Davidson, and William Lancaster, all from City View. rier avenue yards.

and Hilton C. Hogarth. Mr. Corri tive Sergeant Aubrey Macdonald Of the Injured, four are in the knock me off my chair, but I found myself with two chairs on top of me. I saw the engine coming Cartier street.

can was putting on his rubbers A number of new Trail Ranger ing you from The Citizen Classified with Detective Ernest Sabourin, Civic Hospital, Victor Anderson Section. groups have formed In West Ot- MacKay Hubert Kennedy, 71 John Ritchie and Duncan Mac- when the crash came. He was not thrown to the floor, but was struck by two chairs, which were hurtled 'wrestler, of Flin Flon, Manitoba, is the most seriously hurt, his skull through the rear of the coach, but the thing happened so suddenly that I was buried beneath the chairs before I knew what it was donell visited the small drygoods store at 307B Dalhousle street, conducted by Albert and Joseph Vach 'being fractured. Fire Chief J. E.

from their positions by the force of Lemieux of Ottawa is among those the impact. Mr. Hogarth was on, and placed the two men under standing in the car talking to Mr. and is confined to his home. Fortunately the trains were trav all about.

The steam from the engine was so thick In the car that arrest. Corrigan at the time of the crash, elling at a slow rate of speed as they I could see nothing. Thinking that He was thrown along the aisle of Truck Load of Goods. In connection, with the case, a OLD entered the Laurier avenue yard, the car would take fire anytime I the car and was struck by flying otherwise the list of injured might chairs. hurriedly threw the chairs off and marie my way towards the front of large truck load of various kinds of merchandise Is heaped in the detectives' quarters at police head In Cnachee Ahead.

THROW OUT THE BRING IN THE NEW have been more lengthy. Three 'coaches of the Canadian Pacific the train. For an instant I thought The rest of the injured passengers quarters. It comprises the proceeds I was gone, but I consider that "train and two coaches and the en were in the two coaches ahead of the observation car and were flung of seven or eight thefts. The assort escaped very fort'inately.

glne of the Canadian National were 'damaged. The observation car of "The observation car was de in various directions. ment included a case containing 150 pairs of slippers, which had the Canadian Pacific was lifted off Just a minute or two prior to the tached from the train following the crash and the rest of the train crash there were about fifteen been taken off a C.P.R. freight wagon; two cartons of rubbers. the tracks when the Canadian Na tional engine struck it.

moved Into the station. There passengers in the observation car, Hi. frh fc? to) (5 i in which were taken from a hBllway was brought into the station wait' but they went into the parlor car ahead and probably escaped more C. M. Pattle of Ottawa, brakeman the Canadian Pacific train, who at the rear of the McKerracher ing room and Dr.

MacKinnon and Wanless store, corner of. Rideau looked at my injuries. I was then from the rear platform of L2 LF lr e) and Sussex streets; a carton eon put into a taxi and taken to my his train when the crash occurred serious injury. Victor Anderson, whose skull was fractured, suffered this injury when he was thrown heavily against the arm of a chair. taining children's shoes taken from home." was slightly injured, and was able Phillips transport truck standing Mr.

Corrigan is suffering from on Besserer street. Fire Chief Lemieux, who was re three possibly fractured fn Larocque Registered, corner of turning from, Quebec, was in the Juries to his foot, shoulder and the Dalhousle and Rideau streets, en side of his head. He is being at smoking compartment of one of the first class coaches and as the train was nearlng the station got up to tended by Dr. G. E.

Grondin, the family physician. When seen by tered by thieves on three' occasions, were the heaviest losers. Goods stolen from outside their freight entrance on George street are leave. He doesn't know what hap pened except that he was knocked The Citizen Mr. Corrigan wst sitting Jin the living room of his home after being examined by his doctor.

unconscious. valued at about On Novem G. T. Burgess, trainman on the ber 27, a carton of children's ski Hilton C. Hogarth, 124 Fourth avenue, who together with Mr.

Canadian National train, was injured. His shoulder was severely hurt and an X-ray Is being taken 3 Corrigan, were the only occupants suits was taken; November 28 a carton containing 18 dozens of gloves, and on Dec. 5. two cartons, one containing three dozen suits of underwear and the other a dozen of the observation car at the time, to ascertain the exact natnre of the injury. According to Dr.

MacKinnon, said he was standing in the doorway of the smoking compartment having got up to get his coat. He to go to his home. The Injured. Victor Anderson, WTestler, Flin Flon, Manitoba, fractured skull; In Civic Hospital. Fire Chief J.

E. Lemieui, Ottawa, cut and bruise to head and Isprained shoulder. I Mrs. Francis Brown, 609 Bay -street, badly injured shoulder and Injuries; in Civic Hospital. I A.

E. Corrigan. 301 Laurier avenue least, possibly three fractured ribs and injuries to shoulder, foot and vhead. Hilton C. Hogarth, 124 Fourth 'javenue, slight shock.

Police Constable Thomas Emer- vson, Ottawa, head and hip injuries. C. T. Burgess, C.N.R. trainman, il52 Glenora avenue, Injnred shoul- Jder; in Civic Hospital.

Miss Edith Foster, 269 Slater i street, face injuries and shock; In ICivic Hospital. Brakeman C. M. Pattle.1 1250 Wellington street, bruises and shock. John H.

Morehouse, 123 Powell avenue, bruises and shock. the injury is a very painful one. 5m and Hear tA New De Fortst Crosley 'Rhapsody' Learn why you should not content with the unsatisfactory performance of your old radio. $12950 Cempitt wkh rubes bathrobes and nine pairs of bln-kets. Practically all of these gods have been recovered.

ar had stopped to speak to Mr. Cor Official Investigation. An official Investigation of the rigan, who was sitting in a chair crash was instituted last night and i putting on his rubbers when he noticed through the rear windows report will be issued some time Drastic Shakeup Made today. of the car an approaching engine. Both trains left Vancouver I thought it was getting pretty In Provincial Police last night after the damaged close," said Mr.

Hogarth, "but I did coaches had been replaced and an not have any thought of a collision. other engine put on the Canadian looked away for a second or two Manitoba Action Follows when suddenly the crasn came and 1 SK National train. The C.P.R. left here at 10.40 o'clock and the C.N.R. at 11.05 O'clock, found myself face downwards on Enquiry Into Charges.

WINNIPEG, Dec. 11. In a The Canadian Pacific train was In the floor of the car with the chairs on top of me. As I did not leel particularly hurt 1 soon picked myself up and found I had been drastic shakeup of the Manitoba charge of Conductor A. Gamble, isoin trains leu Montreal at 7.15 provinaal police force today, James Painter, for three years inspector of the eastern division, waa demoted to the rank of sergeant and placed at thrown up tne aisle of the car.

o'clock last night. The Canadian Pacific was scheduled to arrive here at 9.15 o'clock, and the Canadian Ottawa, with. Engineer Frank. Tows-ley, Ottawa. The Canadian National conductot was George Byers, Ottawa, with Engineer H.

H. Legate. Chief Knocked Out. Fire Chief J. E.

Lemieux of Ot There were no passengers sitting at the rear. If there had been they National at 9.18 o'clock. There is it 14 i would have been killed. There was, however, a trainman on the steps sno rule, officials state, as to which the foot of the seniority list, two constables were dismissed and five others were disciplined. Inspector W.

R. jDayjTnow stationed at The Pas, wll tjSme to Winnipeg to take train should enter the station first. but what happened to him I don't tawa, who was returning from the funeral of the late Fire Chief the Deep Cut, about a mile outside of the station, the trains Donnelly of Quebec, told The Citizen nargf ot ine eastern division. leave their respective tracks at a 'switch and come in on the single in disciplinary action iouowea know. I have no injuries but am suffering slightly from shock.

"The damaged car was uncoupled and we came into the Union Station with the train." Thrown Over Seats. Still wondering what happened to line, the Canadian Pacific en- Investigation of charges against members of the force, the nature of that he was completely knocked out from the force of the collision, "1 was in the smoking compartment of one of the first clas coaches about two cars from the rear of the CPJt. train. As the train was nearlng the station, I got which was not disclosed. Police WHEN you hear the "Rhapsody" you will realize that today it is possible to obtain more perfected radio performance richer tonal brilliance more enduring cabinet beauty, than ever before at unequalled radio value.

yOU GET ALL THESE FEATURES: Commissioner H. J. Martin has been checking up on alleged irregularities him, Police Constable Thomas Em- for several weeks. Tyro Children Drowned up to leave the compartment when the shock came. After that, I don't know what happened, when 1 came to my senses I found myself on De -Forest Crosley Radios Sold In Ottawa by JOHN RAPER Limited 177-179 SPARKS ST.

Venturing on Ice home nursing a (painfully injured hip and a bump on his head, results of the collision. He said that' he was on the C.P.R. train in a cdech next a sleeper and noticing that the train was about to pull into the station stood up and was putting the Boor at the rear end of the (CtnaaUn Ptbm) VALLEYFIELD, Dec. 11 corridor leading to the main part of the car. I had been knocked backwards the hole length of the Rubber Mounted Chassis.

Complete Shielding of Integral Parts. Extra Speaker Terminals. Mild weather which weakened newly formed ice on the edges of the Eight Tnbei Snper-Heterodyne Power. Aotodyne First Detector. Mnlti-Ma and Screen Grid Tnbea.

Complete Range Tone Control. Hetrotonal Response for Tone Quality. Pull Size Dynamic Speaker, corridor. 1 must have hit my head on his coat and hat. "Ther? was a crash and I must have been thrown against one of the partitions, for SPECIAL St.

Lawrence river, today caused the drowning of Roland Forget and Leo Guy de Repentigny, each five years of aee. The children ventured on the Sheet of ice and broke EASY TERMS my forehead was bruised and the skin was cut. Fortunately my hurts are not serious and, except for the lump on my head and a slightly over the seats to the end of the car," he said. Constable Emerson was stunned and could not recall what happened but thought that he must, have struck his hip possibly Start the New Year rightBuy aew DeFonst Crosley DIRECT AGENTS through, the bodies were recovered, sprained shoulder caused by my fall, aealnirt a door. nr.

F. W. Mar I expect to be all right In the morn the engineer piloting the C.N.R. ing. I feel good and sore at present Kinnnn late visited him it his home but Emerson made light of his though.

by a cloud of steam which extended about a hundred yard3 behind the ROAST TURKEY CRANBERRY SAUCE 60c Boiled Pickled Pork Spare Ribi with Sauerkraut 40c Including Soup. VegeUWes, Deasert and Beverii Orlll Room or Tea Room KARSOX'S 49 Rlrteju St "When we got into the station I RAPER JOHN rear of this train. was treated by the doctor who examined my shoulder and applied The lapge locomotive, in the crash, tore Its way Into the end of the injuries. gr While officials stated that the cause of the accident was not known and woflid not be ascertained at least until an official Inquiry is held it Is understood that the C.P.R. train was hidden from the view of loaine to the cut on my head.

Among the others in the waiting observation car as far the rear room to which I was taken. I noticed two young ladies, one of FAMOUS SCENES AND PAINTINGS LIMITED 177-179 Sparks Street Phone Q. 4840 for all departments. FROM AN ARTISTS NOTEBOOK Cornwall Branch: 304 Pitt St. truck, ripping the steel body open as If It was constructed of cardboard.

The car was then raised up off the truck onto the front of the locomotive. None of the passenger coaches on the CJJR. train were derailed and were hauled into the station by another locomotive. In the darkness there were few beyond the passengers and railway employes who were aware of the crash. No large crowd gathered around the scene of the wreck.

As the aceident occurred about opposite the end of Cooper street where there are several tracks leading from the station to where the lines branch off at Echo drive, no railway tleup resulted. Rockcliff Park Bus Service Beginning Monday, December 14th, 'the easterly terminus at the Susses St. ears will be the KockclirTe Car Barn, and a bus tervlre will be installed which will operate between Rockcllffe Village and the John St. Starting Office. The route of this but line, going to Roekellfte, will be via THE CAILHATJ GATE, BORDEAUX, FRANCE THIS Gothic gate way Man built in 1495 to honor ChirK VIII 's victory at For novo.

Another gate, flanked with two round towers formerly on this site, was tin STICKERS OFFICE TO LET Due to consolidation of two companies an attractive offlre is now available in THE CITIZEN BUILDING. This office. Sparks St frontage, divided Into publle and private office space, is particularly suitable for insurance or brokerage business, Large vault. Fireproof building. RENT INCLUDES LIGHT, HEAT.

JANITOR SERVICE. For further particulars apply Citizen Business Office i'lalU'Miii MM'tei mm DirJCSTNTWSMlD WLGUTDMi WUIST8QDSNUIDSVFT VCICGCLNGSKM. LGU7WUDSNSGHNGSM TLLRSHGBQGUT. HGUTSVRGNPLGQM SVMSNVVDLGHT. If tms Ltht (It ilnkilwl nurilfl entrance to the Pain of the Duke Aquitaine.

Sussex Limekiln Rnad, Buena Vista Boad and Acacia Are and the return trip will be made rla Coltrln Road, Manor Buena Vista Road and Limekiln Road bark to the office on Susses St. Timetables have been printed and may be obtained en rriuet at the Susses St. Office, er from operators on the Rockcllffe bus errlre. This timetable has been arranged eo that each bus will meet Susses St. tar at the office.

If there should be any delay with the ears on Sum's St passengers from the bus service may take the St. Patrick line cars if thry wish. The rates or fart will be exactly the same as those prevailing on the city ears, with transfer privileges between the bus service and the cirllne. Give Glasses At Christmas Mother or Father or a younger member of th family would be dellshted with a pair of new glasses is a A I will i fou Imi viH bi formed. ROllTION ON PACE ITVE Chrirtmas gift, which we ttn give you at (t A our new low price, for SINGLE nrS.elll VISION LEN6E8, eompleta vv-w Vusozrar 8treet The Dutch Loaf A mound of goodness.

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office where pnllle attendant will give any Information and will notify passenger wbeo car or bus Is arriving. Thu OTTAWA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. Sundnri Price Optnmttrlat Fifth Floor, Ottawa Electric Building. CEM'IXE I'LTM VtOI ET RAVB 119.93. fee lour nrortlpt or Phone q.

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