Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 6

Moon Rises to-morrow 10.40 p.m., Sets 8.6 a.m. EVENING STANDARD. Tuesday, April 3, 1923. LONDON'S RECORD HOLIDAY TRAVEL. OVER SIXTEEN MILLION PASSENGERS CARRIED BY UNDERGROUND GROUP.

50,000 GALLONS OF PETROL IN A DAY. All Easter travel records for London were broken yesterday- -this statement applying to The Underground, L.C.C. Tramways. Omnibuses, "Combine' Tramways. It is estimated that during the four days' holiday over sixteen million passengers were carried by the trams, buses, and trains of the Underground group.

On Bank Holiday alone five million passengers were carried on the railways. The traffic to Southend-onSea, Richmond, Kew, and South Harrow was exceptionally heavy. Hampstead and Golders Green stations broke all previous records, with 24,000 extra passengers on Bank Holiday. But the buses had the lion's shave of this remarkable traffic. Bigger Buses for Country.

On Easter Monday they carried over more passengers than on the Bank Holiday of last year. A feature of this year's country bus crips was the introduction of the larger buses into! the country working, thus practically eliminating the queues at the terminals. Sixty thousand passengers were carried by the Epping Forest buses alone. Over fifty thousand gallons of petrol was consumed by the L.G.O, fleet on Bank Holiday in moving London to and from its pleasure. The tramways associated with the Underground thousand companies carried over the four, days eighty more passengers compared with Raster of last year.

L.0.C. Record Receipts. The L.0.0. trams carried over two and a half million passengers yesterday, all previous Bank Holiday records for London being beaten. The receipts also were a record for Easter Monday.

The most popular, routes were to Hampstend Heath, Kew Bridge, Bostall Woods, Epping Forest, and Wimbledon. During the period of 72 hours ending 7 a.m. to-day the L.C.C. London Ambulance Service received no fewer than 206 calls to London street accidents, 112 on Saturday, 26 on Sunday, and 68 on Monday. Police court reports to-day show that Monday charges were generally light, although at Willesden the list was much heavier than usual.

Despite the large influx of visitors to the Riverside district, there has not been a charge of insobriety throughout the holidays at Kingston-on-Thames. CHARABANC PERIL. LONDON PARTY IN COLLISION WITH A TELEGRAPH POLE. A party of Londoners returning from a motor trip to Brighton in a charabane had an alarming adventure last night. When several miles out of Brighton, at Newtimber, the driver, George Upton, of Grafton-square, Clapham, turned to avoid a car and collided with a telegraph The front part of the charabane was smashed.

All the passengers, among whom were women and children, were badly shaken, but no serious perzonal injuries resulted. Tottenham Accident: Man Charged. Mr. Walthamstow, Joseph Silk, of knocked Mayfield Villa, Essexwas down and seriously injured by a motor-eyele in Ferry-lane, Walthamstow, last night. He was taken to the North- Hospital, and to-day it was stated that he was still in a serious condition.

Andrew Charles Hilliar, 32, telephone repairer, of Curloss-road, Tottenham, was charged at Stratford to-day with being drunk while in charge of A motor-bicycle and causing bodily harm to Mr. Silk by driving in a dangerous manner, and was remanded. Staines Road Mystery. Mr. Harold 1 B.

Unwin, of 35, Dryden-chambere, Oxford-street, a partner in the firm of Messrs. Nicholls and Unwin, civil engineere, of Victoriastreet, S.W., was found lying on the Stainesroad, Belmont, last night in an unconscioue condition. Near by was a damaged pash-eyele. He was taken to Hounslow Hospital, where he remains in a eerious condition. A lad of 13 years, George Okenfield, of Treedown-road, Dalston, was crossing the Highread, Woodford, last evening when 'he was knocked down by a charabane and killed.

A seven-year-old boy named Gladdas, son of Colchester hairdresser, was knocked down and killed to-day at Colchester by a motorcar driven by a lady who is staying at Clacton. Another boy was knocked down by a motorcar near Gun Hill, Dedham, and died while being taken to. Essex County Hospital. FALLS AT THE FAIR. HAMPSTEAD HEATH RED" SPEAKER FINED FOR BEING DRUNK.

Of the vast crowd of visitors to Hampstend yesterday-estimated to exceed 21 persons came into conflict with the police. These appeared tu-day at Hampstead Police Court, ten of them being charged with drunkenness and nine with gambling. Against one man charged with drunkennese it was stated that he was standing on commandeered deck chair addressing a large, hostile crowd on Communism. Two other men similarly charged were said to hare been assisting in holding the first man on the chair. They were each fined 10s.

Lost Children. Accidents on the Heath nawhered 29., F4r the most part they were of slight character, and were dealt with by ambolance men. Fix, how- LORD CARNARVON WORSE. CONDITION EXTREMELY CRITICAL THIS AFTERNOON. BOTH LUNGS AFFECTED.

Very grave news has been received from Cairo to-day regarding the condition of Lord Carnarvon, critically ill with pneumonia. Telegraphing this afternoon, Reuter says: Lord Carnarvon became suddenly worse about three o'clock this afternoon, and his onditen is extremely critical. Earlier it was reported that Lord Carnarvon had a fairly good night, but he became worse this, morning. The second Jung is now affected. Lord Carnarvon's family physician is arriving to-morrow, and meanwhile the three doctors, Fletcher- Barrett, Phillips, and Dey, have called in the French Doctor Lew for consultation.

Earlier Slight Improvement. In a still earlier message the Exchange correspondent wired: Lord Carnarvon has survived a most critical night. Specialists, together with his relatives and most intimate friends, stayed by his bedside and passed a most anxious night. They are heartened today by a slight that improvement. The specialists anticipate to-day will be the last day of the crisis, and if Lord Carnarvon's strength holds out until 1o-morrow the prospects of his recovery are good.

MR. WHINERAY DEAD. LEIGHTON'S OWNER DIES IN NEW YORK WHILE ON News was received in Mr. W. E.

Whineray, broker, died suddenly on where he was on a Born at' Ulverston in spent the whole of his pool. The firm of Zerega and Five wagone of a goods train were derailed In Halton Tunnel, between Chester and Warrington, on the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway main line, at 6.0 a.m, to-day. There were no casualties. The mishap took: place 2 mile inside the tunnel. Many holiday trains and mails were delayed, and trathe was diverted via Ditton and Crewe.

Breakdown gangs soon arrived, but the men of had to work under difficulties, and for a long time the men who entered the tunnel from each end were unable even to meet. EXCITING STATION SCENE. ever were taken to New End Hospital and detained. A young man fell from the steam yachts in the Vale of Health and fractured his left while another man in falling from an aerial flight fractured his right leg. A Hol-born woman from a swing on the Lower Heath and sustained serious injuries to her head, and a woman from Hampstead-road fell from a roundabout and severely injured her knees.

A Pimlico woman slipped from cake walk and broke her left leg. Lost children numbered 23. They were taken care of by the police and all restored to their guardians by the end of the day. 300 PERSONS STRANDED. WOMEN AND CHILDREN LANDED IN SMALL BOATS.

A Moville steamer, carrying 300 excursionists. mostly women and children, from Londonderry yesterday, went aground near Moville. The passengers had to be landed in small boats, and this was accomplished without mishap. The pleasure steamer Monarch, plying between Bourtemouth and Swanage, ran aground alongside Bournemouth Pier last evening. She refloated undamaged, with the rising of the tide, but was delayed for about half an hour.

Remarkable scenes were witnessed at Swanage, thousands of persons having made the journey from Bournemouth in either the Monarch or the Bournemouth Queen, and mostly leaving their return till the evening. There was a big rush for places, and although both steamers made a number of journeys, the passengers were not cleared off until 9.30 p.m. HOLIDAY TRAIN'S DELAY DERAILED WAGONS IN TUNNEL BLOCK MAIN LINE. Considerable damage was done at Central Station, Blackpool, late last night by the backing of an empty train into the stop block on No. 2 with such force that the back coach mounted the platform and crashed into the ticket collectors' office inside the barrier and knocked down a number of iron pillars.

The station was crowded with visitors, and there were" three or four clerks in the ticket office at the time, but they heard the shouting, and rushed out just in time to escape injury. TETANUS MISSED. CORONER AND REGRETTABLE OVERSIGHT BY DOCTORS In cases of lockjaw it is of the highest importance that anti-tetanic serum should be given promptly, but in this case the symptoms of tetanus were missed by a series of doctors, and this is very regrettable," remarked Mr. Ingleby Oddie at a Westminster inquest to-day on Ernest Otto Edward Brenecke, aged 48, a maker of Rawl plugs, of Brookhouse-road, Catford. The widow stated that her husband occasionally got small cuts while at his work, but he did not make much of them.

'The coroner said that probably the tetanus germ entered the wound the man had received while the was engaged in gardening. At the dental hospital and the Charing Cross Hospital the man's condition was immediately recognised and everything was done for- him, The coroner added that he had come to the conclusion that Brenecke had died as the result of an injury received at his employment -his employers had very frankly admitted that he was likely to meet with small injuries--and he recorded a verdict of Accidental Death. HUNGER MARCHERS' CHILDREN WENT TO LONDON LEAVING FAMILY OF 13 BEHIND. At Lancaster Sessions to-day, two sons of a Barrow hunger-marcher, who said their father left 13 in the family without food when he went off to London, were charged with larceny. They stole meat and pies to satisfy the children's hunger.

They were bound over. PRISON FOR CONSTABLE. For appropriating a 10s. order handed to him by a woman who had picked it up, Police-constable Clisby, of the Aylesbary Division, was sentenced at the Bucks Quarter Sessions to-day to one month's hard labour. The woman, it was stated, went to the policestation to inquire if the note had been claimed, and it was then discovered that no entry of the find had been made.

LABOUR TO FIGHT LUDLOW. Mr. F. E. Pollard, a former organiser for the Workers' Union, and at present Labour Party agent at Colchester, has been officially adopted as the Labour candidate in the by-election at Ludlow.

win Bournemouth -Town Council to-day made a rate for the coming year of AM 5d. in the pound, la reduction of 7d, compared with last year, DYING MAN IN HOTEL. -END DISCOVERY AFTER MIDNIGHT SCREAMS. "I AM CHOKING." VARIETY-AGENT AND HUSBAND OF WELL-KNOWN ARTIST. A mysterious tragedy caused a sensation in a West End hotel in the early hours to- BUSINESS TRIP.

Liverpool to-day that the well-known cotton Saturday night in New business visit. 1866, Mr. Whineray business career in Liver- won the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood), Pharmacie (another very fast horse), Wild Mint, and Backwood. Some time ago he sustained a slight stroke, and recently his horses, which were with Cottrill, were. taken ont of training.

Leighton was favourite for the 1921 Derby, but finished fifth, the winner being Humorist. He was unbeaten as a two-year-old. Not' only was Mr. Whineray patron of the Turf, but he was a keen golfer and cricketer. He was a member of the Royal Liverpool and Heswall Golf Clubs and a member of the Liverpool Cricket Club, Sons, with which he was associated, was reconstituted under the title of Whineray and and continued by him with his son as a partner.

Mr. Whineray owned several well known racehorses and trained with Cottrill. Among the most famous horses owned by him were probably one the greatest disappointments in the Turf, and now in New Zealand Western Wave (who, among other valuable sprint races, WOMAN STABBED. EMBANKMENT SCENE: SEARCH FOR ASSAILANT. Mr.

W. E. Whineray. While outside Charing Cross' District Railway Station, on the Embankment, early this morning, a woman was stabbed in the throat by an assailant who escaped. The woman was taken to Charing Cross Hoepital.

She gave the name of Mrs. Southwood, of Essex-road, King's detectives Croes. West Scotland End Yard were searching the this afternoon for a woman who is alleged to hare stabbed Mrs. Southwood. She is wanted on a charge of attempted murder, and is stated to have been accompanied by another woman.

women were said seen Soutinrood, in the COllPrior to the transferred these Description of pany of two men. The woman; who ie about thirty-five years of age, 5ft. Sin, in height, of pale complexion, with fair hair and prominent teeth. She is slimly built, and was wearing a blue serge coat with black braid, and a dark, close-atting hat and black laced boots. This woman's serge coat is believed to have several bloodstains.

Her companion is about forty years of age, with a full face and dark hair. Thickly set, she was dressed in a long black plush coat and a light brown fur collar. After the attack both women are beliered to have fled in the direction of the Strand. RAILWAY TRAGEDY. FEE WALTHAMSTOW MAN TO.DAY.

DIES IN HOSPITAL Mr. J. Dormer, of Walthamstow, died in Whipps received Cross Hospital to-day from the injuries -he when he and his sweetheart were caught by an express train at Copper Mill Crossing, Hackney Marshes. The girl, Mies Milly Emmett, of Hackney East, was hurled down the embankment, in the of a number of holiday makers and killed. sight Mr.

Dormer and Miss Emmett had been out for a walk, the and were talking animatedly as they re ched railway line. Just then the train crashed into them to the horror of the spectators. and My. dRonar -Law's His whealthy Has' considerably during stay at Torques He has played a golf course, and yesterday he was, present at the annual steeplechase. day.

The victim was Mr. Meyer Goodman, a well-known theatrical agent. About 2.30 a.m. another visitor at the hotel went downstairs, and told the night porter that he heard screams in Mr. Goodman's room.

The porter went up, broke in the door, and found Mr. Goodman in bed clutching at his throat and saying he was choking. He asked for a doctor, and with the least possible delay was taken to Charing Cross Hospital, but died soon afterwards. Mr. Goodman was a partner with Mr.

John Henschel in a variety agency business in Charing Cross-road. He is stated to have been staying at the hotel for some days. Out Till Midnight. Last night he was out till after midnight, arriving at the hotel shortly before 1 a.m. After taking supper he went straight and to his of the bedroom.

Ho appeared to he well, none hotel staff noticed anything unusual in his manner, When the discovery was made the manager was aroused, and a doctor was sent for. The police were also called, and took Mr. Goodman to hospital Mr. Henschel, his partner, stated to-day in 311 interview: Mr. Goodman was very much respected by all who knew him.

He was married, but had no family. I think the has been worrying lately over private matters." Mr. Goodman thad been a partner in the agency named for the last two and a half had years. He came originally from Leeds, and been associated with the variety business for a considerable time He was a handsome man, and a colleague described him as of the happiest and most genial disposition. I saw him yesterday," said this friend, 4 and we had a long chat.

He seemed in the best of health and spirits, and neither in conversation nor by marmer did he betray any indication of worry or trouble. I have always regarded him as an optimist, and he was a wonderfully hard worker." Mr. Goodman was only 32 years of age. Last night he visited the Shepherd's Bush Empire on business, and after paying other, business calls drove to his office in Charing Cross-road in A motorcar, arriving there just before midnight. He only remained at the' office a few minutes, however, and then went with friends to make another call, going on later to the hotel.

Wife a Well-known Artiste. He lived with his wife, who is a well-known variety artiste, at Notting Hill, but as she is at present touring in the provinces, Mr. Goodman decided to stay at an hotel. In his bedroom there were found two bottles. One contained a small quantity ef a patent medicine, while the other was half full of patent tablets.

It is stated that during the past few weeks Mr. Goodman has been suffering from dyspepsia and neuralgia, but he had continued at work. BRIGHT LONDON BOY. CAN YOU INSURE THE IMMORTAL SOUL? HIS ANSWER. The efficiency of primary schools was discussed to-day at the final session of the annual conference of the National Association of Schoolmasters at the old County Hail, Spring-gardens, London.

Mr. F. C. Greaves (Leeds) moved a resolution that the recent persistent, uninformed, unjust, and malicious attacks on primary schools called for the appointment of a commission to inquire both into the efficiency of the teaching given in primary and secondary schools. Mr.

J. Kay (Liverpool) said too much was made of the pupil who could get four sums right. The boy of intelligence was much more to be admired. In this connection he told of the London office boy office. was transferred to a Liverpool insurance who The boy, approached in the office one day by a funereal person, asked the stranger what he could do for him in the way of insurance- life, annuities, fire, or anything else.

Can you insure the immortal soul? 13 mysterionsly asked the stranger. am not will quite certain," replied the youth; but if you take a seat I will ask the manager of the fire department." (Laughter.) Such a boy, added Mr. Kay, would go far, The motion was carried. PRINCESS MARY AT HORSE SHOW. Princess Mary and Lord Lascelles visited the and Hackney Society's Show at Doncaster to-day, were greeted by a very large assembly on the showground.

The Prince of Wales is President of the show this year. A portion of the grand stand was reserved for the Princess, from which she was able to obtain a splendid view of all that was passing, and pretty pavilion was erected for her accommodation. The Princess presented the and prizes to the winners. champion cups LORD LINCOLNSHIRE. Lord Lincolnshire, at Bucks Quarter Sessions, Aylesbury, today announced his resignation of post of Lord Lieutenant of Bucks after the eight years' service.

to his war work in the county were Tributes paid by Lord Parmoor (Chairman) and Lord Cottesloe, A landlady who was granted process at Acton to-day against her lodger said that the latter had been knocking her about for the past three years..