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Asphalt and When ConsUbl Routllft heard lb crash, he reported It to Berg. eant Robert Maharry, on patrol, and the two officer started to Investigate. They drove swiftly in the direction from which the noise had coma and saw tb wreck on the Driveway, Saffered Many Injariea, They found Johnston wedged below 'the steering post, almost under the floor-boards. By the tint they end men awakened by the noise managed to extricate him, he waa. dead.

His leg ware broken, his head was terribly battered, and bis entire body showed signs ss me violent amasa. Mechanics eent from Landreville'i Garage declared in all their experience they bad never seen an automobile ao completely wrecked. The only part of the car not damaged to any extant waa the radiator, the headlights and the right front wheel. The dears were tent aft, the top was ripped a Bart, the steer. lag wheel waa snapped ff, the chassis waa bent sad twisted be-yaad repair.

The wreckage' was simply lifted on truck and hauled away. The' violence of the crash was shown by the glass found IS feet east the tree and scattered in every direction around. Bita of wood and metal many feet distant were picked up later. The automobile belonged to the brother of the victim. David Johnstone, who lived with him at Hog's Back.

Retarnbig to fjls Heme. Paul Johnstone hsd been at a house party on Second avenue earlier in the night and about JO am. had driven Ave of bia friends to their homes. This had taken him some time. The last man he drove home lived near Hog's Back on the north aide of the Rideau river.

The cottage the two brothers shared was on the aouth bank. Because of the work now being done reconstructing the Hog's Back dam and bridge, Paul waa unable to take the abort route horn and had to return to the city and reach hi cot-tag by Billings' bridge and the Boweavllle road. This accounted for him driving east on th Driveway, since he had lust driven from Hog's Baca along the Canal roaa A mechanic by trade, Paul John-atone had been employed by the Wheeler Excavation Company, of Toronto, on th Hog's Back Job. He had been employed by various firms In the city previously. Tried Oat far Team.

T.ll tin.kv and athletic. John- Men aad been givea a trial far Raagb Rider football team una Fall. According to James P. McCaffrey, manager of th team, was powerfully duiii ytung man and had he had the time, might have had a good future in sport. He had been kept on the Rough Rider list, however.

He wis an excellent swimmer 'and enjoyed several other sports. Born in Ottawa, he waa son of th 1st and Mrs William Johnstone, latterly of Carlington. He la survived by two brothers. David, of Ottawa, and Allan, who worka In a mine 60 miles from Rouyn. Que.

and- on sister' Mrs. Isabel Oougeon, of Ottawa. ASK POLITICAL TRUCE. LONDON, Oct. rf (C.P.-Havaei Members of th British Legion to day launched a movement asking for i one-day political truct among ail parties on novemoer u.

Armistice Day, three days before Great Britain goes to th poll. fmimWHtmeimiiffle iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiliul' Choke Quality Nats ami Candy DIAMOND WALNUTS, large at, acw trap lb. i BRAZIL NUTS, new ere, tarts la. lte ntESHLY ROASTED PEANUTS Ik. Itr BORDEAUX SHELLED WALNUTS, bright kalvas, lb.

ft PEANUT BRITTLE, a delielea eanfacUea tb. lie CAMPP1RE MARSHMALLOWS 1 lb. Pkg. Us LIQUORICE An Serta, aaperted, tt la. eellephsaa bag lte OANONOt SCOTCH MINTS, par aad deUeieva Ik.

lte BLUE BRAND BEEF, SIELOIN BTZAK, lb. 26c OXFORD 8AU8AOE, lb. 16c PORK CHOPS, loin or lb. 25c amncfflT VALCNCIA Swee at gate T' ORANGES, doxen ICEBERG LETTUCE Hallowe'en VALUES lb. Pkg.

4te lbs. lie ta l't Tin lte 25of 2 hds. 16c iiainiiiii''i'i'''WwtetaiiltwitMiMiiiiM luiwiBiMUiaiiuttwiiMiiiitwtiMiiiiliiisiiaiiuiiiutiuiain Pre-Hallowc'en Prank Fatal WILKES-BARRE, Ps, Oct. 17. ca Six-yeer-old Carl Fink didnt want to wait antll Hallowe'en, so hia mother let him don a Ions coat and false face Saturday and go out to hive some funv Half an hour later the boy waa brought home, dead.

bad tripped on the tails of th coat and fallen in front of an automobile. Fear 2,000 Dead From Hurricane Last Weeky End Aa Reports Prom Tlood- Btricken Axeaa Pour jaA Death Toll Mounts! Steadily. 77 Haiti. Oct Tf, uP) Official sources estimated tonight at least 5.000 persons are dead or missing as result of the hurricane that swept over the soiitnern peninsula last weekend. rains accompanied the hurricane, forcing all streams' fsr out of their bank.

Th peninsula area has been isolated ainra Mon day. Th Jeremie region was the hardest hit according to official statement. Bodies of victims already have been recovered at JacmeL First- estimates -yesterday placed the number of dead at possibly i.vuv. out oinciaia said tonight they were forced to alter their figure, aa later reports cam in from the stricken sections. One small airplane la th only means of maintaining communica tion Between tnia city and th hurricane-swept area.

Noted Lecturer Frank Yeigh Dies Writer' and Authority on Canada Hi only Short Time. TORONTO. Oct 26. A Widely known aa a lecturer, writer and authority on things Canadian, Frank Yeigh. 7J.

died her yesterday after brief Illness. Hia status aa an authority on Canadian "history was undisputed. His writing established him as foremost among the men wh devoted their live to th political, social and economic history of the Dominion. He was born In Burford. On and waa educated at th public chool there.

After period of secrets rial and publishing training in Chicago, he cam here in the late TPs and became secretary to Hon, A. Hardy, first Provincial Secretary and later Ontario Pro. mier. Later he became editor of th weekly newspaper Canadian Advance, He married Kate Westlake, author of "A-Specimen Spinster, in 1M. Sh died in IMS.

Mr. Yeich wis also interested in boys' work. wss a member of the board of direct ore of central branch ef the MCA. He organised a men's Bible clssa at Bloor Street Presbyterian Church U) 1SS2 taught this clsss for 10 years. In ltut he married Ann! Louise Laird, daughter ef Uird.

Kingston. Mosley's Party Out OX British Elections NORWICH Wn UBir Oswald Mosley announced In epeeen ner toruy tut hi British piny woura not ua pan la th general election campaign. This MRAeMmiMl that Ik. Mosley' blackshlrta went aot rdy mi ineir nrengui in me eiec-Una Musat eirnrlf In mIHImI querters. no rsscist canaiast will be put up at this said Sir.

Oa- SECTION TWO -Pages 13 to 22 1 1 VOL. L-No. 269. OTTAWA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1935. did Hv JoMMne on the Driveway aves Crash es Into Big Elm buididate for RoagfrRiders' Team Is Kffled While on Way Home Sunday, Morning Hear Sound of Impact 12 Blocks Away.

Hii tutomobuY skidding Into a after a front tin la believed to iavt blown out, Paul Johnston, Hog's Back, was instantly tilled at t.iS am. Sunday n.thi prlveway, bctwten Barton prosvenor venues. Just west of the 'erley Home and the Bank street rldie. .1 Believed by. police to have been ravelling at hKh auto mobile, a IKS coach, was demolished fter Ita Impact with an elm tree hreeeetiirdiameter.

What was eft of the car waa hoisted on a ruck and taken away. Johnstone kas the only one in the automobile the time. Beard II Blocks Away. lead waa the seand ef the enah sjolet early Baaday men- nf that it waa beard ay Ceoetsble Lester Reatliffe, a his beat at Bank Ireet aad Second avenae. 11 blacks way, and aroused residents of near' by houses from their sleep.

In the absence of eye-witnesse nd the Instant death of the only ne who could explain the accident. potorcyel patrolmen of the, Royal aneaian Mounted Police were Mind to reconstruct the events pedinf ap to the smash from vi- enc left afterwards. Their theorv was that while ohnston was drivim esst" on the priveway on the southern side of ne Kideeu renal, probably at high peed, the left front tire blew out. istinct marks on the irass between he road and the path along the ink of the Rideau canal showed hat the car left the asphalt about 9 feet west of the tree, swinging pom Ita ordinary course on the mm aine or the road to the north de. With Its left wheels never more han three to four feet from the orth edge of the road, the aeie.

laiae aa fraaaaeatal lighting etaaaard. gras- a a sail II sprats tree, knocked ewa aaalaer apraee. aad tbea eared lewarda taw real agala. Trytag a Regata Ceab-aL Police thought the marks lndlrat-I Johnstone had tried to regain ontrol of the wheel and was striv ing desperately to prevent a head-en iiuuoa wua to tree. Hit effort, if It was made, ended Knly in disaster, for the left sMe la eeack amaaked lata the tree kttb teertfle farce.

The left aide ivrapped Haelf areaad the Iraak. later Wat- found that the tree was smmad behind the steering post. fhe ear shot partly Into the air. videntry, ana the roof was torn pen. llANKIN'C i- HARDWARE HARDWARE Is Your Door Closer Working New la the Urn to bav 41 fbwd.

ALL MAKES SERVICED AND REPAIR ED 410Bink 5t Q.I 024 rrji in i Jt SPECIAL 1 1 Theae Prices Effective Monday ami Tuesday Only. COFFEEriT I 3Sc OATS CRISCO SO PS 'cXZZ'r. 3 23c BROWN SUGAR-. 5c COUNTRY CLUB TEA with -Rainbow MINCEMEAT. Meet CHOICE PUMPKIN, Smart Ethiopian Troops Advance weeewweee" Thai graphs peetare at Rtatoptsa treses shews teem advanetar wader are a the atam fraat where the fesrseat Sghttof aaa aeea taking place.

The are are aader eoaimaad ef Ra Ntaalba. waa la reported to aava MMM Bthteplaa treeaa ea tk advsaee to BMet the lavsdlng treeea ef Italy. A ma era at attt Ilauaaa at trsmusdsa ant to aatlv trltiiaiia I reported ea th sealhera aeetor la ta vklalty ef Kefeba. Miss Dingman Denies Using Word Debutante Y.W.O.A. Secretary Sayi She Did Not Single Out Any Class for Criticism.

HAMILTON. Ont, Oct. Mary Dingman. of Newark. NJ, world secretsry of th Young Women' Christian Association, today dented ststements ascribed to her in a report of aa interviewhere yeaterday.

In the report carried by the Canadian Press, she wss quoted as saying "debutantes are a dam of laay-avtndad non-educated girls without a eens of social "The word 'debutante was aeedt used by nor were the members ef ny particular class singled out for criticism." Miss Dlnghsm said today. "What I tried to convey was that we all tend to be Intellectually and spiritually lazy in making th effort to understand the great change which are taking place today, politically, aocially and economically. I mentioned no on group. "I hav been (peaking In many place in Canada and all who know know that I would never "be guilty of th remark ascribed to me in that interview." Have Abandoned Hope For Entombed Miners TOKYO. Oct Hope wss virtually abandoned today for 1U miners entombed in the Fukuoka Melji coal mines at Akairl following a disastrous gas explosion Saturday night The blast killed IT men outright and injured IS others.

A total of 167 men was working In the mines at the time and th remaining were feared deed. AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. Services on Sunday at St John's Church were dedicated to the Young People's Communion. In the evening a apeeial feature of the service was the singing by the choir of Turners Cantata, "A Song of Thankigivlng." During November there will be a eeriea of sermons for young people In the evening, followed by lantern slide talks afterwards in the perish hall, on church history and cathedrals.

Under Fire To Meet Italians V- Explains Delay In Social Credit Aberhart Says Efforts Made to Straighten Out Finances. CALOARY. Oct Inauguration of Social Credit plana in Alberta war being delayed by effort to atralghten th financial affair of th province. Premier Aberhart aaid here today In an address to hia Prophetic Bible Institute. "Alberta was not bankrupt but Its, credit wss so low that it was difficult to secure further financial assistance," th Premier asserted in commenting on the condition of th provincial treasury when he took over office.

"When we went east to negotiate a Federal Government loan, we were told that eastern support would not forthcoming until Ut province wai put on a aound financial basis." Mr. Aberhsrt continued. He urged his followers "to give the government and its minister a adding the government was democratic in that it "haa th welfare of the people at heart" Believes Paul Redfern, Explorer, Still Alive WASHINGTON, Oct 17, William La Varre, South American explorer, has presented to th State Department Information ha believes show Paul Redfern, missing on a Sight to Brazil seven year ago. is alive in Southern Dutch Guiana. The flier was given up for deed after filled to reach Brazil on hia projected non-stop flight from Georgia.

Report have since frequently asserted Redfern to-be sliv. Anniversary Services Western United Church Rev. Dr. O. A.

Mcintosh, of Wesley United church, Pembroke, ad dressed large congregations Sunday at services marking th anniversary of Western United church. Dr. Mcintosh exchanged pulpit with Rev. John A. Waddell for the occasion.

special muaie waa provided by the Junior and senior choirs. The cons relation will continue ob- servene of the anniversary at puoiic gathering Tuesday evening. Bank Employes Chase Robbers After Holdup Bandit Force Three Clerks Into Vault and Then Escape With 000 Cash. L. OTTER V1LLE, Ont, Oct it OS Th automobil In which three bandit fled yesterday after ob taining $2,000 la the tint bank hold' up In th history of this vtllsg It miles south of Woodstock, wai re covered today, but no trace of th bandit haa been found.

Chief of Police Harry Stanley, of Brentford, and County-. Constable W. Hammond, notified authorities l-htrr-tMjr had found th car In iwsjnpy buahland en a farm milea southwest of Brantford. Th search for the two men and their driver continued throughout wide area, but tonight police were unaoie to report progress Manager Carley. Teller N.

Wood. Ledger Xeeoer W. Lew and W. Addison. customer, were In th bank when th rmed thugs entered the bank.

They scooped up II -h money In sight from th teller's cage put were disturbed before they could ransack the vault by the entrance of Miss Alma Bcboley, another customer, who ran screaming down th street when so reuizM wnat was happening. Car Driven by New P. Kills Pedestrian PORT HOPE. Ont Oct XI. Jack Jamieaon, 57.

of Hop township, died in hospital here early today of injuriea received when he was struck Fridsy night by a motor car driven by Frank W. Rickard. newly-elected member of Parlia ment lor Durham. Jemleson suffered a fractured skull. Rickard wss on hi way to Port Hop to attend Liberal Party banquet In hia honor when th fender of his ear I truck Jamieaon, who was wslking on th highway.

OBTS U. POUND CATFISH. KINGSTON. Ont- Oct. 27.

On of the largest channel cetflih taken in Bay of Quinte waters In yeers wss reported yesterday by a fisherman at Milford. who found the fish entangled In bis net The big catch tipped the scales at It pounds. THE ADVISES A6AINST DELAY The lo buy insurance is now. Delay means increased cost with each year of age and may bring ill-health, which will prevent the purchase of insurance at any cost. Branch Office, 405 Victoria Building, 140 Wellington St Ottawa, Ont.

j. W. ROBINSON, Branch Manager. P. tL, HOLMES, Special Repretentative.

Slum Clearance Being Speeded Up Work in" Oieat Britain Ona Year Ahead of Schedule. MONTREAL. Oct Britain' alum clearance program will be completed In four Instead of five year if th present rate of progress continues. Sir Francis L. riouaV British High Commissioner to Canada, Informed public meeting her today.

After quoting th words of th King "Th foundation of national glory la in the homes of th people" Sir rrancia said ine nousing problem became acute in Britain after the The problem was further complicated by shifts in population. He said it waa hopeless to leave the matter to private enterprise, and th policy of successive governments waa to asaist with subsidies until the Urn cam when private enterprise could normally fulfil its function. Lawyer Takes Action Over Alleged Assault MONTREAL, Oct. 27. (Action for damagea of tWJ arising out of alleged assault upon him by constables of the Montreal police department waa entered against the City of Montreal In Superior Court yesterday by Gerald Almond, lawyer.

Mr. Almond claims the sssault took place In police station Auguat It Isit, snd names Constables Llguori Osgnon end John uaguir ss nis ssssiisnts. Mr. Justice Duclos Is Bereaved of Wife MONTREAL. Oct 27.

Th wife of Mr. Justice C. A. Duclos. formerly Miss Isabella i.

Agnes pence Hoi brook, of Ottawa, died at her home here yesterday. 8he married Judge Duclos In Ottawa 4 years ago. A son I Victor K. Duclos. Canadian Commissioner In Hong Kong.

China. Besides her husband and her son. Victor. Mrs. Duclos I survived by two dsughters In Montreal, a brother, Dryadale Holbrook.

snd a aia- ter. Mr. Colin For bee, both of Ottawa. Funeral eervkea will held here tomorrow wita interment in a Montreal cemetery. V.V.'AW.'i'.w.'tV'i-inAv.wA-Jj i wvm you TO ATTEND THEIR FASHION SHOW Discover Slayer Of Dutch Schultz Dead in Room Youthful Paid Killer of Former Beer Baron Be lieved to Have Taken Own Life.

NEWARK. N. Oct Albert Stern, the youthful pail, killer wanted by pollc for que--tionlng In th ruthless outbreak of gang warfare which, wiped out Dutch Schultz and-most of his gang, wis found dead. In cheap rooming hous Saturday. Th county medU cal examiner aaid he was a lulctd.

Deputy Chief John Heller said detective had Information that Stern had been een lurking near an automobile which waa subsequently stolen and used by the gangster executioners who rubbed out Schultz and three benehmen lit downtown tavern Wednesday night Teid Strang Story. Haller told a tory of Stern, which was a bewildering contrast to New York police's description nf the 31 -jr ear-old youth as a ruthless paid killer, suspected of complicity In the cremation slaying of "Pretty Louis" Amberg, a Scbulta henchmen In Brooklyn Tuesday and in other crimes, Th deputy chief ssld had learned man Identified only as "Rosenthal" had found Stern beat-ging nickle on 15th Avenue. New srk, last Befriended Yeata. When Rosenthal spoke to th youth, told police. Stern said waa without food and abetter.

All he had In hia pocket waa a pair of eyeglasses without ten. Rosen thl took him to th bearding hous snd bought him some milk. He said bad not Been him sine. IS STILL YAWNINO. VICTORIA.

Oct At th end. of her seventh week of yawn Ing. Mrs. P. B.

Wskelln wss removed to hospital again Saturday where oxygen treatment may administered In hop of effecting cur for th cam that haa baffled medical science sine September a. Thar waa letup In yawning spasms during th night AWfVAvflA1 TAMa puice IM THS tTORB ON MT AND mo rtOOfU TUESDAY OCTOBER feth AND I WEDNESDAY ocrtncR nth 8 to 10 pjn. i Living Models MESEMT THI HTWTS1 MTV -AWD run. TRIMMED Mv -COATS DRESSES MIU iiUNEBY GLOVES AND rOOTWEAR TOR WOMg-t and MISSES. Orchntri In Attendance.

INSURANCE COMPArlY HIAt Otfiet TOIONTO. CANASA mi be built tm lrt nreneretina for the nnt IcUon.".

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