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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1928. Byng of Vimy Will be Head of London Police Scotland Yard to Have Canada's Ex-Governor-General at Their Head RESULT OF SHAKE UP London--Viscount Byng of Vimy, former Governor-General of Canada, and one of the outstanding British Generals during the Great War, will become Commissioner of Police next autumn. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary, to-day told the House of Commons that Sir William Horwood, the present Commissioner, will retire within a few months, and that Viscount Byng would succeed him. Sir William Horwood was connected with the recent Inquiry into charges against the police following the arrests of Sir Leo Money and Miss Irene Savidge in Hyde Park, but his retirement has nothing to do^ with this case. The Government, Sir William Joyn-son-Hicks, Home Secretary, pointed ReVealS F aiTHeJ"S out, aimed at getting the best man possible. Viscount Byng had hesitated greatly before accepting the appointment, but finally accepted It as being a call to duty. Viscount Byng rr/tde his great name in the worl* war, when vember, 1917, as commander of the third army on the west front, ha broke the Hindenburg line to a depth of several miles along the St. Quentln line, taking thousands of prisoners. He was elevated to the peerage a year or two later and was appointed Governor-General of Canada in 1921, returning from that post in 1926. This is the first time that an ex-Governor-General of a great Dominion and a member of the House of Lords has been called upon by the King to preside at the Scotland Yard. Viscount Byng will be In control ot 20,000 men policing an area ot 700 square miles. The Commissioner of Police Is dl-recetly responsible to the Home Secretary, who himself decides what police tax shall be levied upon the metropolitan boroughs and parishes. The police forces in England are co trolled by municipal or county poll* committees, but the State pays half the maintenance Though controlling such a large area, the metropolitan force does not guard the one square mile of London City proper, which is like a little Island in the big police area. It pos-i force, controlled solely Labor Leader and Daughters To Visit Canada ; Corporation of London, al district Is said to wark Twice Go Astray From Fisherman Dcry Crew Has Second Adventure Within One Week ^ Canso, N.S.--After 30 hourse of hard rowing, William Klppen and Edward Benham arrived here rfl their dory recently from Sale Island bank, where they had strayed from the Lunenburg fishing schooner Mary Ruth. The men were none the worse for their long journey, and will be returned to their vessel by the Gor- This is the second time Klppen and Benham have gone astray from the before they were picked up by the Mary Ruth within a week. A week trawler Good Hope and returned to the schooner. Swedish Air Mail to England Starts Stockholm.--The first Swedish air delivery of mail to England has been successfully completed, despite verse weather conditions. The S-dish machine took off from Stockholm for Malmoe, in the southern provii of Scania, where it awaited the arrival of the mail trains from Stockholm and Gothenburg before proceeding on its way to Hamburg. From Hamburg the machine hopped to Amsterdam and thence on to London. Mail seat from Stockholm in this manner arrives in London the following day in time for distribution for noon. Receives Letter After Six Years Toronto Man Gets Missive Posted in February 1922 Hamilton, Ont.--A letter posted in Toronto, 40 miles away, six years ago reached M, Pliskow, leather goods merchants, 125 St. James street north, the other day. The letter was mailed by S, F. McMorran in Toronto on February 11, 1922. John A. Webber, postmaster, said it Was likely that the letter had been delivered to the wrong person in February in 1922, and that that person had evidently failed to remail the letter until a few days ago. Such in- Aiding Themselves Aid for the farmers from mental agency is a moot poi politicians, but the mid-westerners who have so long clamored for help know how to work together and help each other on their own farms, points out George Godfrey, a farmer writing in the July Issue of "Successful Farming." "The farmers as a community," says book haymaker, "might be likened to a huge family. Everyone is working at the same thing at the s. time without any apparent competition except in the speed and quality of the work. Each strives to have his plowing, planting or harvesting done along with the rest. Each does his work slightingly or thoroughly, char-acterisUo of himself. Each keeps a friendly account of the other's prog-Even the hired man is sure to know at Just what stage In their work every neighbor is. Farm life has a side of real community living." "This group of community living," continues Mr. Godfrey in "Successful Farming," "develops a friendliness not found elsewhere. Nowhere in the world is there a finer feeling of friendliness. It is never expressed so much by words as by deeds. We farmers are a class not much given to expressing our sentiments in words. Let misfortune, however, come to one of a farm community and see the expression of sympathy. A neighbc in the spring and Is unable Port of London, in Surveying Work, Makes Use of Echo-Sounding Device Loudon--So far as is known, the Port of London Is the only port make use of the echo-sounding devii in its surveying operations. Th of ascertaining the depth of water by sound was utilized as long ago as 1912 in Newfoundland and is now widely used in the deeper ocean The Port of London has hitherto used the ordinary lead line and while parts of the river are surveyed only once in five years, in other parts where silting occurs, soundings have to bo made frequently. An acoustlo sounding machine has now been installed on the St. Katherine, the port's survey vessel, and the lead is used only In shallow waters. In same places, such as Barking Reach, soundings are taken twice a year, this reach being the approach, for the big liners to King George Dock. In water of a depth from 3 to IS fathoms, obstructions such as abandoned wrecks are more easily detected by the echo sounder, as it has the property of returning a note which indicates an obstruction. With, the old lead line an obstruction might be missed, although the area surrounding it has been thoroughly plumbed. INTIMATE PHOTOS OF RAMSAY MacDONALD AND FAMILY Canada is soon to be host to Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald. farmer British Labor premier, and his three daughters,, Ishbel, Stella and Joan. They on June 28 to spend a vacation at Lake of the Woods on the Ontario-Manitoba border. They will also visit Lord and Lady Willtngdon and Mr. MacDonald will fill a number of speaking engagements. Above are shown Ishbel (at the wheel) who has taken an active part In her father's political palgns, and her sister Sheila. A full length view of Ramsay MacDonald and Ishbel is also shown. The advs King John's Signature of Magna Charta Commemorated at Island of Runnymede London.--The annual oommemora-ion of King John's signature of Mag-a Charta in 1215 took place at the r the hand plummet are-: hla crop. It is done for him by his neighbors, without thought of direct remuneration. Let him break his leg at harvest time and his crop is gathered at a community picnic. All of us that have lived our lives in a farm community know all this. Most of have felt the unspoken sympathy pressed by kindly hands in time of trouble. Seldom do we consider the fact that this is a condition not often found outside the rural community. We fall to recognize It as another law of the glory and richness of farm life." is sick ; increased frequently of soundings in plant |a ratio of 10 to 1; a more thorough Mittle- island of Rum Pays Debts Cornelius Vanderbilt Makes Sacrifice To Pay His Debts examination, owing to this increased frequency;a ready response to an obstruction and an indication of its height which is impossible with the plummet; the ability to take soundings in rough weather, and the reduction In the time taken or a survey, thus adding to the scope of the ship's operations. the Economics Take Place of War in New China Thames on Sunday. Bi dale, who described herself as "the first woman to speak on this historic ground," declared that a new Archbishop Langton is required today "to excommunicate those distinguished barons who bar the door" against women's entry to the House of Lords. The celebrations, accompanied by a religious service, were attended by representatives of many denominations and friendly societies. The event is of special interest this year owing to the fact that July 9 marks the seventh centenary of Stephen Lang-ton, whose assistance is generally regarded as having been the deciding John to sign the charter. An appeal has recently been ret ed that Runnymede should be turned int oa sort of national park. The Coalition Government in 19 placed the site on the market, but popular outcry pi evented its being split into lots for the erection of bu; galows. The preset Government hi promised never to sell the island, but presumably The decision couli lm re versel unless the island is jenniteb acquired for the nation. i further trouble is likely to cauu unless it is settled. With the military campaign practically completed the Finance Minister, _ | T. V. Soong, has called an economic Reconstruction Key ^of^^tZ^T'^ Southern Policy-L-hlhll i 0n a scheme of national policy. Mr. Province Renamed Soong declared that with the capture . I of Peking the Nationalist Government Shanghai-Developing the move to now ,tgelf Qf war „p8yscho. strip Peking of all vestiges of capital logy" and devote its effort Chicago--Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., portance and make Nanking the reconstruction, acton of one- of America's oldest and : new government seat the Nationalist | _ ------*-- --_ foremost families, recently signed a I Government deeided to rename Pe- Ain t It the Truth! unique legal document in Chicago, by ! kinS 85 Peiping, and also reorganize | sir: Baron Gunther von Huenefeld hich he relinguishes his inheritance tne present metropolitan area. It j declares he is not beautiful enough to f more than $1,000,000 in order to re- further decided to rename Chihli pro- j be a matrimonal prospect, but, if pay the ostckholders of his defunct ' vince' in wMch PekinS is located, j beauty counted that much, most of newspaper properties. i Hopeh, meaning north of the Yellow the husbands I see running around The money, left to young Vander- ! Rlver- tne present name having a ; this town would still bo single men. bearing on the Manchu conquest Hoping you are the same._The which, the Nationalists dislike. | Duchess of Dougall Av. It is reported that Dr. C. T. Wang, ! -.>--- the new Foreign Minister, will re-j Try This Ott Your Tonsils quest the powers to send represen-1 The helpful editor of the Rolls tatives to Nanking. Chiang Kai-shek ' County, Missouri, Record, has an ef-is leaving Nanking for Peking to con-1 fective test for bootleg likker. Place, fer with Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen. ne savg> a ten-penny nail in the Hsi-shan and discuss the northern iiquor and deave It for a day. If the situation In an effort to compose the naii comes out rusty, It Is fit to differences splitting these two leaders ,jrink. If it becomes bent in the mid-over the division of influence, which you had better leave it alone. bilt by his maternal grandfathi late Richard T, Wilson, and his paternal grandfather, the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, is to be placed in a trust fund for the stockholders. Previously young Vanderbilt gave up more than $990,000 of his personal fortune to meet issues incurred when the tabloid newspapers in Miami. Los Angeles and San Francisco failed. Mr. WORLD'S LARGEST LINER BEING BUILT IN BELFAST SHIPYARD London.--Constrction of the world's largest liner according to a dispatch in the Daily Express from Belfast, has begun in the yards of Harland & Wolff, Limited, for the White Star Line. An official announcement says that the dimensions are not yet available, but it is understood the vessel will be larger than the Majestic, which is 915 feet long, with a gross tonnage of 56,-000. The new liner is expected to be about 1,000 feet long and have a gross tonnage of 60,000. She will take between three, and four years to construct and cost £7,000,000. The keel to be laid this month. The new liner is to be employed in the passenger service between Southampton and New York. No official information is available as fco the type ihln/sry to be in- Urge Premier King to Attend League Colleagues Say He Should Represent Canada at Meeting Ottawa.--Efforts are being made by toward his colleagues in the Cabinet and by j others outside to have Premier King go to Geneva in September as Canadian representative at the League of Nations Assembly. Canada has always been represented there but never by a head of the Government. Stress is laid on the fact that last year Canada was given a seat in the League Council and at the meeting. Meanwhile Senator Dandurand has filled it. In fact the Senator for years has been one of the delegates to the league and is a former head of the Assembly.. It is being represented that an En'-rlish-speaking minister should go to the League Council this year and the Prime Minister is being urged to do so, but he is said to be disinclined. Clever Swindlers Make Big Haul Get Away With $750,000 on Forged Bills of Exchange From London and Continental Banks Biggest Thing in Years London.--British and continental banking circles, thirsting for justice, have called on Scotland Yard and the Belgian and French polios fpr the swift capture of a clever ganj of swindlers who have mulcted' British, Belgian and French banks of $750,000 m reoent days. ot since the famous Bidwell gang came to London frOm tho U.S. 65 years ago and induced the Bank of England bo part with $500,000 for forged bills of exchange have the bankers been aiarnvod. The present swindlers began their activities in London only recently. Within the last few days several banks in West London were presented with forged letters of credit on large amounts, all of which they honored except in one instance. This incident almost resulted in the capture of tho cheaters in a similar manner as tho Bidwell quartette, who were arrested when they presented an undated loiter of credit for $125,000. The banker told the member of this modern gang to return later while he examined the $50,000 bill of ex-mange, but the swindler failed to appear. At other banks, however, they were eminently successful and reaped a harvest of $300,000 in London alone. When things got too hot for them in England they chartered an airplane at Croydon and flew to Brussels, where they fleecad Belgian banks in r similar manner to the sum of $100,-000. -mm*«- Chief Constable Wensley, of Scotland Yard, believes that a member of the criminal organization io employed in an Italian bank where the draft? are supposedly issued on London The British authorities describo o^e of the criminate as a native of Brazil or some other South American country. He is believed to be an international crook who has been convicted of similar frauds in France and the U.Su His name and description' have been telegraphed to the Belgian police, who replied he was seen in Brussels soon after the arrival of the Croydon airplane. Close watch is being; kept at all continental and English cities, seaports and airdromes. British Pupils to Visit Canada Party of 25 Young Ladies from Secondary Schools on Tour An educational party of unusual 1* terest will travel throughout the Dominion, following their arrival at Quebec on August 11, and continuing until their reparture from the same port on October 19, and during the Interval they will cover the country from Halifax to Victoria, taking in all the important communities. This party will consist of 25 pupils of the public secondary schools of England, whose litinerary has been arranged through the enterprise of the Society for Overseas Settlement of British Women, aided by the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire and the Children of the Empire (Junior Branch). The young ladies will come from upper olass homes and will be students of such colleges as Cheltenham and Rodean. The purpose of the trip is educational, and while In Canada -all hospitality will be provided by the I.O.D.E. ( The students will range in age be tween 17 a.«d 19 years. Travelling to Canada they will be In charge of Miss Edith Thompson, head ot the All-women's hockey team. A New Type of Ocean Transport Webber de-j0f propelling stalled. Canadian Secures Aztec Manuscript John Cornyn Makes Valuable Finds During Mexican Tour ixico City.--John Cornyn, Canadian, well known as an Aztec ethnologist, who has returned from a two months tour for leading Canadian and United States libraries, declares that he discovered 33 unrecorded Aztec manuscripts of great historic value, A.mong them is a Spanish-Latin Aztec dictionary written by Sahagun, famous scholar of the Aztecs during the days of the conquest of Mexico, which was believed bo be in existence by local historians who did not, however, know where it was. Among the documents, Cornyn says, he has found three Aztec plays. . CAPT. COURTENAY'S TRANSATLAN TIC EXPEDITION SEAPLANE AT PISA It was here that the British airman formerly acceptei the machine after giving it thorough tests. It's radio call is G-CAJI and a well equipped station is housed aboard. Doubtless many amateur radio operators will be picking up this station soon. (Reported Executions Denied Washington--The Press reports from Canton relating the execution of large numbers of young Chinese boys and girls because of Communistic beliefs are denied In a cablegram from Gen. Li Chai-sum to Dr. C. C. Wu, representative of the Chinese Nationalist Government in this country. Press reports of execution in Can< ton" of young girls and boys on account of Communism entirely u» true." the cablegram read.