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5 vn ~ | Te AT DINNER pa -- "April 9.--Shortly after King ullah and Queen Sou- riva fghanistan left Bucking- ham Palace, after their three-day stay at the palace as the guests of King George and Queen Mary, and moved to a hotel as the guests of the British Government, the vis- fting monarchs gave a banquet to their former hosts at the Royal Afghan' Legation here. The ground salons were decorate. ed with cerise carnations and tu- lips. A string band played a se- fection of music. The King and Queen of Afghanistan, wearing British orders, and attended by Afghan officers of state, received King Pi and Queen Mary, who ware Afghan orders. The Prince of Wales was also present as well as the Duke and Duchess of York and Prince Henry, Queen Mary wore a magnificent dress of pale gold metal brocade, embroidered with crystal and dia- monds. Her head-dress was a diadem with swinging pearl drops and he rother jewels were pearls and dlamonds. She also wore the collar and star of the Afghan or-, == der presented to her by King Am- anullah. The Queen of Afghanistan, in a dress of sliver lame with an ove erdress of diamante, and a long train glittering with diamond em- broidery, and wearing very pale rose stockings and silver shoes, sat on the left of Queen Mary. She wore a diamond tiara in her hair and diamond and ruby bracelets. There were no 'speeches. The guests included the French, Span- ish, American, n and other Ambassadors, Sir Austen Cham- berlain, Lord Birkenhead, and the Afghan princes of the Royal par- We The front of the Leation was ablaze with hundreds of colored electric lights, FIFTEEN KITCHENER ROADS FOUND UNFIT FOR Kitchener, April 10, -- Never in the history of Kitchener have the roads been as bad as they are now, and the City Engineer's Dee partment has been obliged to close sections of fifteen streets, Elev. en of these are mud roads, Four paved roads have collapsed in spots when cars went over them, and the city may face damage ac- tions from the owners of automo- biles., e IREDDE \ ine complexions upplies energy and roughage" aves breakfast work and worry _-- MADE AT NIAGARA FALLS * » 'That > REMEMBRANCE you must, buy WHEN it suddenly dawns upon you wa somebody's Wedding, Birthday or Anniversary! Don't rush off and get something that's an injustice to yous good taste and good wishes, Let us help you! 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Hanson, head porter at the Hotel Statler, who claims to be the eldest living descendant of an old Scottish knight, and as such the heir to a large estate in Scotland, chose the job as porter, and has not even bothered to as- certain just where his supposed es- tate 1s located. "Neither my father mor grand- father would make any attempt to claim the estate," sald Hanson, "and I guess it's yp to me to fol- low their example, I don't want it anyway." A strange story, steeped in ro- mance and adventure, is this Han- gon saga, and through it all runs a note of strong family pride. Back in the days of Francis Drake an ancestor of this Boston porter was the owner of five ships. He was knighted by the reigning monarch of Old England and given a large grant of land in recogni- tion of a signal service he render ed the nation, In the course of time this old geadog retired to the peace and quiet of his castle in Scotland. Here, amid scenes of regal pomp and splendor, the eldest son of * * tical Service John Hanson incurred parental dis- CORRECT GLASSES pleasure when he married a young =--CORRECTLY FITTED - Reputation Our reputation is the most valuable thing we possess, Without it we could not do business, under any circumstan- ces. THEREFORE we take every precau- tion to see that our cus. tomers receive the fin- est Optical attention and glasses. That is how we earned our reputation -- that is how we must keep it, MODERATE PRICES That's Hare's reputation Modern and Complete Op- North Bay, April 10.--An up- turned sleigh floating in the Chip- pewa Creek and a horse running at large in the bush, were the in- dications that this afternoon led to the discovery of a double drowning which occurred in the creek on Saturday about midnight, when Moses and Betty Guay, 17 respectively, Were swept to their deaths as they attempted to drive their horse through the turbulent waters of the ordinarily placid creek. Residing a few miles from North Bay, the boy and girl came to the city to purchase the week-end supply of groceries. At 11 o'clock they departed for home in a cut- ter, That was the last seen of them alive, A blizzard blew up, and the mother thought that her children had perhaps taken refuge with friends in the city and, as they did not have a telephone in their home, she did not worry at the absence of any news, An uncle became un- easy, however, and this afternoo commenced, a search, ' Boy's Body Found When the cutter was found the worst fears were realized and the uncle immediately informed the police, A squad of officers com- menced grappling operations, and about 6 o'clock this evening re- covered the body of the boy about 400 yards from the scene of the tragedy, At a late hour tonight grappling operations were still in 1928 woman who was either an actress or a barmaid. Hanson, Sr., raved. He stormed. He threatened. But to no avail. The young man married the girl, His father retaliated with a disin- heritance. Possessing pride, the young man left Scotland with his bride and went to Ireland, and although his father later repented and willed the entire estate and castle to him the banished one never returned to Scotland, Both he and his inferior wife ended happily their days in the Emerald Isle, and years later, at the time of the famous gold rush of '49, a descendant of this Han- son rebel emigrated to America bent on seeking his fortune in the gold fields. This pioneer was the great. grand-father of the man who fis now in charge of the porter ser- vice in Boston's largest hotel. After a memorable passage in a sailing ship Hanson stepped ashore in America, the second member of his family to go into voluntary exile. Just ten years later his bro- ther, who had served many years in the British army, was pension- ed. He too, gravitated to the new world, but he never was able to live in the United States, due to the fact that the pension regula- tions at that time stipulated that the pension would be payable only so long as the pensioner remain- ed within the British Empire, Settled in Canada Accordingly, this Hanson, al- though he was never known to have collected a single shilling of his pension, settled in Canada, and his little cottage stood at the Canadian end of what is now the new Peace bridge. His grand-nephew, who is now progress in an effort to locate the body of the girl, When the body of the boy was found the mother was acquainted with the tragedy for the first time, The father is engaged in mining at Merrick, Ont., and he, too, was informed tonight of the deaths of his children, Misjudged Ourrent's Force How the accident happened is conjectural, but it is believed that the young couple misjudged the force of the current and that their cutter was immediately overturn- ed, plunging them into the creek. Ordinarily the creek at this point W. A. HARE OPTOMETRIST 8 King St. W. Phone 838 is only a few yards wide and from two to three feet deep, but the recent thaws and rains had con- verted it on Saturday into a raging torrent 100 yards in width and 10° to 12 feet deep in places, Rising at Huntsville Huntsville, April 10,--The north branch of the Muskoka River that flows through Huntsville is still rising and is now about eight feet above its normal level, The big East River broke through an ice-jam this morning, loosing a ten-foot wall of water, with the result that the water in Fairy Lake hag risen above the docks of the togrist houses, threat- ening considerable damage should the ice commence to move, At the locks between Fairy Lake and the Mary Lake outlet to Muskoka River and Georgian Bay the dam is holding. There are four sluice- way in this dam, holding 29 stop- logs, The water has never before had a full run through the dam, but this year all logs are out, Two dams on the Buck River gave out today and it is expected that this water will reach Hunts- ville some time tomorrow, Consid- erable damage is being dome, but an estimate is as yet impossible; boathouses, etc., are nearly all flooded out and cannot be reached. A bridge on the Ox Tongue River gave way yesterday and the ap- proach to the bridge at Marsh's Falls on the Ox Tongue River was washed away for nearly 40 feet, Better in Parry Sound Parry Sound, April 10,--~The flood of water from the Seguin River was gradually lowering to- day and the pressure from now on is not considered likely to af- fect the powerhouse, Great relief was felt in the town, especially by those who business would have suf- fered by cessation of power ger- vice, as the water subsided slow- ly. The plant itself is in good con- dition and well drained inside, Goulais River Down Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., April 10. --Reports from Scarchmont, on the Algoma Central Railway, say that the water on the Goulais River dropped 18 inches when the ice- jam broke and disappeared, and while the water is still guite high there is now no danger of 8 repeti- tion of the flood which invaded and isolated some twenty houses there over the week-end, There is now no water in any of the build- ings. The floods did most damage on the south side of the Goulais River, both sides of the A. C. R. tracks being inundated According to reports, there fs still between two and three feet of snow in the bush, - which the streams can well care for. Bar River will not have a flood this year unless some heavy rains afternoon, ing the rains and thaw, about a square mile of the Bar River Flats was covered with water, but no damage was done and the river is River at Tweed has risen to such a height that it is within four feet of the bridge. The river has mot reached such a height for 80 years. The French settlement is flooded to such an extent that quite a number of the farmers are forced to go from their houses to barns by boat. Conditions were improved today, the level being four or five April 10.--Residents her Company and a pavilion owned arrive soon, according to word this | On Friday atid Saturday, follow- |' EE Belleville, April 10.--The Moira | of Fenelon Falls are becoming alarmed over flood conditions on the Burnt River. Flood water is in- creasing to such an extent that it is feared the ice will be forced out of Cameron Lake, In such a case it would carry away the boathouses and pile up on the locks and dam at Fenelon Falls, The swollen waters of the Gull River, from Coboconk, emptying into Balsam Lake, are also finding their way into Cameron Lake, The river be- low Fenelon Falls, which empties into Sturgeon Lake, is also quite high, Petverboro' Not Alarmed Peterboro', April 10,--The peak of the flood pouring out of Ka- wartha Lakes has not yet reached Peterboro', but is expected tomor- row, Indications today, however, are that it will not he serious, as the water level fell six inches dur- ing the night in the threatened south end of the city. Only one dam in the vicinity of Peterboro' is overflowing--that south of the city. All the dams between the city and Lakefield to the north were carry- ing off the load in the natural way, So far, only two buildings are known to he flooded; a shed on the property of the McDonald Lum- by H. B. Rye. Warning was given on Sunday by A. L. Killaly, Super- intendent of the Trent Canal, The level is still at least three feet below the flood of 1872, The general opinion is that there is no cause for alarm, although the situation may change with the ar- rival of the new release of water from Kawartha Lakes. : BURKETON Burketon, April 10. -- Special Easter services were well attended on Good Friday evening at eight o'clock. Service was conducted by the pastor, Rey, E. M. Cook, when the address took the form of a recounting of the closing hours of the life of Jesus. A reception ser- vice was held when eight persons were received into full membership with the church on profession of faith. Mr. Robert Philp, who has been a trusted leader ever since his coming to Burketon, welcomed the new members into the church by extending the right hand of fel- lowship along with the pastor. Mr. Newton Taylor is ill. He is under the care of a nurse and Dr. MacArthur, of Blackstock, The Misses Mabel and Ora Ab- bott, of Toronto, spent the Easter at home. Miss Eva Sanderson and Mr. Kay, Toronto, spent the Easter with Mrs. C. Sanderson. Mr. and Mrs. McCutcheon and family spent Easter in Toronto. Miss Hambly, a United Church Missionary on furlough from China, has been visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. James Mc- Laughlin, po ETT amy ee U S SE S Li lol tyes) NE IN CHURCH ST.- TORONTO ! Cost Less in Boston, possesses the yellowed PAGE NINE At haberdashers', there is a Monypenny shirt to suit your exact taste--at your price. A old parchmeent 6n which the terms and conditions of the old soldier's pension may stil] be read in the fading ink, The document provides that 23§ per cent per diem (shillings) be paid to one Pte. Hanson every day, and it is dated 1857, The old sol- dier's descendants maintained that he never collected one penny of his pension and he lived for a number of years after leaving the army. In that event, a good-sized sum is still payable to his heirs, and if the pension were payable to date it would be valued at close to $20,000. But what of the estate and the castle in Scotland. It is still there as far es this RE -- HI AZNE LET. | O.K.'d Cars | AON \ Il branch of the family knows. Mr, Hanson says that authorities are of the opinion that because the castla and estate constituted a royal grant they would be free from taxa« tion and could not revert to theo crown. 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