Sherbrooke daily record, 20 décembre 1934, jeudi 20 décembre 1934

[" S>terbrnokp Satlu lîwnrà Established 1897.SHERBROOKE.CANADA.THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20.1934.Thirty-Eighth Year.VIOLENT ATLANTIC STORMS STILL TAKING HEAVY TOLL OF SHIPPING Several Europe-Bound Liners Delayed Several Hours Due to Heavy Seas and Work of Rescuing Crews of Stricken Vessels\u2014Large Dutch Liner Sank After Being Rammed by Freighter in Portuguese Waters\u2014Freighters Reported in Distress Off Both Atlantic and Pacific Coasts.London, Dec.20\u2014Several Europe-bound liners from North America reported today they .would be many hours late as violent gales continued to lash the Atlantic ocean.The storms wrecked the freighters Sisto and Usworth and also were indirectly responsible for the sinking yesterday of the Dutch steamer Crania in Portuguese waters after a collision with the Portuguese freighter Loanda.The Crania\u2019s 280 passengers were safely removed.The liners New York and Washington, both carrying Christmas mail and passengers, were delayed many hours due to the combination of heavy seas and the Sisto rescue work.The Majestic is due at Southampton tomorrow while the Ausonia reaches English shores late tonight.After the arrival oif the Orient liner Orford at Plymouth from India last night it was learned one memlber of her British crew was swept overboard in the Bay of Biscay and drowned.Reports published here pointed\t___________________\u2014 out the Loanda was racing for^ shelter from the storm when she rammed the Orania in Liexoes harbor.The' Sisto went down after a long battle with the raging seas near the Azores, but all aboard were saved as a result of brilliant rescue work by the crew of the S'S.New York.It was reported today the British India steamer Mulbera was forced to hove to in the Bay of Biscay and will be at least twenty-four hours late in arriving in England.Weather officials said Atlantic shipping is \u201cpaying\u201d for a long spell of mild weather which brought furious gales into the northern section of the ocean.An unusually long, series of at-j mospheric depressions was held re- i sponsible for high winds, which arc | still in the path of trans-Atlantic j shipa-\t! Ottawa, Dec.20.\u2014The folly and One of the offeers on the Orford\t0f war, its sacrifices, heroism saidas she was entering the English | and tragic aftermath, are starkly channel the liner heeled over to ân | p0rtrayed in a motion picture pro-angle of thirty degrees and water , duced under approvai 0f the Cana-flooded the cabins forcing passen-|djan Government and expected to gers to leave their bunks.Thousands have its pr\u20acmjere here early next of pieces of crockery along with year other moveable objects were broken.\u2022 S\u20ac;\u20accted and compiled from thous-In Brussels a big welcome was ands of feet of war ^ in the eus-planned for officers and men ^ unejtody of the government, it is now in freighter Jean Jadot who lost two ess of compietion here.The gov-comrades in heroic efforts to rescue ernrnen^ authorized the Canadian the crew of the Usworth on Decern- Legion to sponsor the picture, res-ber 14.Seventeen perished when a p0nding.to a general demand from Canada\u2019s war veterans for showings of the innumerable moving pictures taken of the Canadian troops in France and, at the same time, having in mind the salutary message a film of this type has for the public at large.NOTED CANADIAN EXPLORER FIGHTING HEROIC BATTLE FUTILITY AND HORROR OF WAR TO BE DEPICTED Thousands of Feet of War Film in Custody of Canadian Government Will Be Used to Impress Upon Public the Sacrifices, Sufferings and Tragic Aftermath which War Entails.BRITISH CIRCLES HAIL CHANGED U.S.STAND ON FREEDOM OF SEAS Believed that Abandonment of Traditional Policy of Neutrality of the Seas Would Remove Any Cause for Conflict Between Great Britain and United States\u2014Public Opinion Convinced United States Is Being Forced Further Away from Adherence to League of Nations.lifeboat capsized.Similar honors were planned for men of the British liner Ascan.a when it returns here with eighteen survivors of the Usworth\u2019s crew.No further word had been a-eceiv-ed from the Greek steamer Angelica which was reported to be in dif- Under the direction of a special ap- fieulty in the Bay of Bj^ay ta!\u2018- | jnj;er_deDal.):ment committee yesterday.MANY NARROW ESCAPES AS PASSENGER LINER SINKS Oporto.Portugal, Dec.20.\u2014 Many of the 280 passengers of the Dutch liner Arania which sank in the harbor her© yesterday were, suffering today from injuries and shock.Due to the haste with which they had to abandon the ship when it was rammed by the Portuguese freighter Loanda, most of them had only the clothes they were wearing at the time of the wreck when they landed here.The survivors told how a number of priests returning from the Eucharistic Congress at Buenos Aires kneeled in prayer on the deck in the midst of panic-stricken passengers,\t.The vessel sank within thirty minutes of the collision.Many passengers jumped into the sea, as the ship had keeled so far over it was impossible to launch boats.Others escaped on ladders and ropes.Fortunately there were a large number of small boats nearby.Among the pasengers was Major-General George Lindsay, aide-de-camp to King George of England.FREIGHTER LOST RUDDER OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST New York, Dec.ZD.\u2014The coast guard and Radio Marine Corp.reported today they had picked up an S.O.S.from the steamer Severance, which stated the Severance had lost her rudder eighteen miles south of Fire Island.The coast guard immediately dispatched a cutter to the assistance of the Severance and a short time later Radio Marine picked up a message that a coast guard boat was standing by.The Severance is listed as a single-screw freighter of 4,993 gross tons and carries a crew of forty-one.Her home port is Boston, Mass., and (die is owned by the Diamond Steamship Transporation Company.She sailed from' Norfolk.Va., Tuesday hound for Beverly, Mass.pointed by the government, work on the film has been in progress for nearly a year.The committee consisted of Major-General A.G.L.Me-Naughton, C.B., chief of the general staff, Col.A.Fortescue Duguid, D.S.O., director of the historical section, Department of National Defence; Dr.A.G.Doughty, Dominion Archivist; Captain W.Douglass, of the historical section, and Capt.F.C.Badgley, M.C., director of the Government Motion Picture Bureau, associated with whom in compilation of the picture was Captain W.W.Murray, M.C., of Ottawa.Their task was to select from many thousands of feet of film shot in Canada, the United Kingdom and France particular scenes character-j istic of Canadian achievement from 1914 to 1918.The war-time films were resurrected some six years ago when public sentiment, aroused by the danger of these historical records being lost through neglect, prompted the government of the day to gather them up and turn them over to the Motion Picture Bureau, where they were put in an excellent state of preservation.Originally the films were made under the direction of the national war memorial committee, an offshoot of the Canadian records office established in 1915 by Lord Beaverbrook.Some weeks ago the Prime Minister and cabinet members had a preview of the forthcoming film and approved its release under the sponsorship of the Legion.Seriously ill at his home in Levis, eighty-two year old Captain J.E.Bernier, veteran French-Canadian Arctic explorer, is bravely fighting against an attack of paraysis which has threatened to end his colorful career.It was Captain Bernier who, on numerous occasions, planted the Canadian flag on unclaimed lands in the Arctic and rendered invaluable service to his country as one of its most famed explorers.EXTEND SEARCH FOR FUGITIVE TO CONTINENT British Police Unable to Locate Perth, Scotland, Resident Wanted on Charges of De-franding Canadian Govern-Ment.London, Dec.20.\u2014 Informed British circles today hailed Washington reports of the possible abandonment by the United States of her traditional \u201cfreedom of the seas\u201d policy.Satisfaction was expressed both in regard to the effect of such a new trend on Anglo-American relations as well as on world peace, although the reports were viewed with some restraint because responsible British quarters declared they were as yet without official advices confirming the new White House policy.These sanie sources pointed out, however, that if President Roosevelt\u2019s intentions dovetailed with the reports cabled from Washington, Great Britain would be one of the first to rejoice because of a deep-rooted belief that the maintenance of neutrality in case of war is impossible.It must be admitted, they added, that a country not an actual party to the conflict cannot claim that by furnishing raw material, manufactured products or food stuffs to a belligerent it does not furnish valuable support.Meanwdiile, British public onin-ion received with some skepticism three underlying principles which news reports said were the keystone of the new United States policy, namely: 1\u2014Informal agreements with the belligerents defining the rights of American merchant shins.2\u2014\t^Prohibition of merchant ships carrying war contraband.3\u2014\tProhibition of entrance of America citizens into the war zone.Objections to these three points W\u2019ere : 1\u2014\tThe most perfect informal agreement will not prevent unforeseen incidents.2\u2014\tConsidering that in a modern war all trade with states fully participating in the struggle increases their defensive and offensive power, furnishing of any kind of article or even the lending of credits will constitute contraband.3\u2014\tLong range operations of German cruisers have, shown, already that a war zone extends through the entire world.British public opinion is earnest in the belief that the road which the United.States, reportedly intends to take must force her sooner or later* further away from adherence to the League of Nations covenant, while the relations between the United States and Britain, on the other hand, will profit largely from the new plans said to be under consideration by Roosevelt.Even the mere abandonment of the thesis of the freedom of the seas must constitute the first step toward a development which, a morning newspaper said, will dispel the possibility of a war between Great Britain and the United States.FRENCH SPY HEROINE HONORED BY HER COUNTRY TAX RECORDS OF MANY WAR-TIME LEADERS GONE P RES YTE RIANS PLANNING CELERA TION Toronto, December 20.\u2014Plans for celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the Presbyterian Church in Can-, nda were under preparation today,^ the celebration to be held in connection with the General Assembly meeting in Montreal next June.The tenth anniversary of the continuance of Presbyterianism in Canaria since church union also will be observed.COMMUNICATION LINES IN NOVA SCOTIA DISRUPTED Halifax, Dec.20.\u2014Heavy damage was counted along Nova Scotia\u2019s seaboard today in the wake of a wind and rain storm that raged across half the province through the night.Vessels were swept from their moorings, wharves were damaged and fishermen\u2019s gear was destroyed on a long stretch of shore as the freakish, squally storm raged for more than eight hours.Ships in port feared to venture tin sea; others at sea put into harbor until the\u2019 storm abated this Continued on Page 2.A LOAD OF ALCOHOL SEIZED BY R.C.M.P.NEAR BEDFORD Bootlegger Lo*t Control of His Car and Vehicle, which Contained 170 Gallons of Contraband Liquor, Crashed into Tree.St.Johns, Que., Dec.20.\u2014Pursued by officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a bootlegger lost control of his car on thf Bed-ford-St.Armand highway yesterday and the vehicle, which contained over a hundred and seventy gallons of contraband alcohol, crashed into a tree.The driver of the car succeeded in evading arrest.Police seized the alcohol and the automobile.Montreal, Dec, 20.\u2014 Possibility attempts of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to round up sixty-one suspected members of a gigantic $5,000,000 liquor-smuggling ring would stretch into Europe was expressed today with the reported failure of Scotland Yard to capture William Yule, of Perth, Scotland, alleged British agent of the ring.It was believed possible Yule, who cannot be found in the British Isles had fled to the Continent.Yule and one Newfoundlander, Alan Robertson, of St.John\u2019s, when caught may be brought back to Canada under the Fugitive Offenders\u2019 Act, it was intimated here yesterday.Two other stispects, Monty Rosebpurne and Frank Paturel, of St.Pierre-Miquelon, are permanent residents of the French island possessions and the Act could not he applied to them.Meanwhile another group of suspects from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick was expected to surrender to R.C.M.P.today and face arraignment before Chief Justice Gustave Perrault, who signed the blanket warrant that brought the case to light last week.The number of surrenders was swelled to forty-one yesterday when eighteen Maritimers were arraigned.No bail, was set in the case of those arraigned yesterday.It was expected amount of their'bail would lx* fixed today when their fellow-Maritimers appear in court.All Maritimers except one so far arraigned have been released on parole, with the exception of those who appeared yesterday.They will have to provide two hail bonds of $90(1 each later.Colin Chisholm, of Halifax, was ordered to provide bail of $15,000.The figure, which was also set for three Montrealers, was the highest-next to I he.$100,000 each set in the case of the four Bronfman brothers, Sam, Allan, Harry and Abraham.Seventeen persons, with the exception of Yule, Paturel, Ro,«©bourne and Robertson, have yet to be arraigned.Police said yesterday if those in Canada do not'surretldor by Saturday they will he arrested at sight.Admission that Maritimers were being treated 'very courteouslv\u201d bv rolice was made yesterday by W.G.Ernst, member of Parliament for Queens-Lunenburg, who is acting as counsel for several of the suspects.Mr.Ernst had previously charged the R.C.M.P.were resorting to third-degree methods.VETERAN MARINER HONORED Montreal.Pec.20.\u2014 The days when the broad canvas of sailing ships moved up the St.Lawrence River were recalled last, night when old mariners got together to honor T.J.Cunningham, retiring marine superintendent of the Elder Dempster line in Canada.Some forty old friends who have known \"Tom\u201d Cunningham in the Port of Montreal for many years were present.Mr.Cunningham had given forty-five years of his life to the trade of this port in the summer season and the remainder of the year to overseas commerce through other ports on the Atlantic seaboard.United States Senate Investigators Also Told tliat Many Responsible for Government Purchases Had Interests in Supply Companies.Washington, Dec.20.\u2014 United States Sonate munitions probers disclosed yesterday that the wartime income tax returns of several men prominent in the United States industries mobilization had been destroyed by the Internal Revenue Bureau, including those of Bernard M.Baruch, chairman of the War Industries Board.In addition it received evidence that many of those who held the responsibility of buying governmental supplies during that great conflict were directly interested in companies producing such materials.The disclosures caused a stir in more than one Government quarter.At the Treasury, however, a spokesman said the destruction of old income tax returns was authorized by law.Some of the larger returns usually are retained, it was said offi-cinlly, but no explanation was forthcoming on why Baruch\u2019s 1917 return was still on file after the next two years\u2019 returns had been destroyed.Baruch, a persistent campaigner for \u201ctaking the profit out of war,\u201d is head of the Presidential committee recently appointed to study this problem.Other missing returns were those of Robert S.Lovett, Daniel Willard, Benedict Crowell, and Robert S.Brookings, all members of the War Industries Board, together with those of Gen.William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance at the outbreak of ihe war, and Lieut.-Col.William Williams, of the Ordnane Department.Crowell also was Assistant Secre-tary of War.Testimony was introduced that Lieut.-Col.Williams had been a stockholder and had signed contracts with the Delaware concern totalling almost $50,000,000.He also was interested in United States Steel, General Electric, Otis Elevator and Westinghouse, and a bondholder in United States Lead and Bethlehem Steel, it wns said.VIVID STORY WAS TOLD OF GRIM TRAGEDY Nineteen-Year-Old Girl Sat Dejectedly Through Inquest while Members of Her Family Related How Young Brother and Sister Had Been Shot to Death.The French Government has bestowed belated honors upon Martha Richer Compton, shown above, by conferring upon her the Legion of Honor in recognition of her services as one of the Republic\u2019s foremost woman spys during the World War.QUEBECCANNOT CARRY ENTIRE RELIEF BURDEN Premier Taschereau Tells Mayors that Ottawa Must Agree to Assume Half of Burden if Municipalities Are to Be Relieved.#- &- THE WEATHER FAIR AND COLD.¦ * 1 Wooler, Out., Dec.20.\u2014Accused of shooting to death her young brother and sister, nineteen year old Marjorie Thompson today was in Co hour g jail awaiting the authorities\u2019 next step in the capital charges against her.Marjorie sat through an inquest yesterday, sobbing quietly as members of her family testified and as the jury returned an open verdict finding the young children died on December 12 from bullet wounds in their heads.The accused girl sat dejectedly with tear-laden eyes as u thirteen year old brother described how Ina Thomposn, aged eleven, and Neil, aged eight, were killed by bullets from a .22 calibre rifle.Medical testimony showed Mar-orie had been treated for nervous trouble and that doctors feared she would develop « psychosis.She was to have been returned for treatment to Belleville after spending a few months with her family, but her parents said they did not force her to return because she seemed to be getting well.Failure to send the girl back to Belleville drew criticism from Coroner H.B.Rundle.\u201cParental affection often overruled wisdom,\u201d Dr.Rundle commented.One of the main witnesses was thirteen year old Floyd Thompson.Floyd described how he was awakened by the sound of a shot on the night of December 12 and found Neil and Ina dying.Floyd wns sleeping with Neil who was shot through the right eye, the | Nbullet entering his brain.Ina was j shot in a similar manner.Floyd said ! he saw Marjorie standing beside ! the bed with a gun in her hand.Thinking quickly, he removed the! bolt from the gun.\u201cI grabbed the gun away from her and took the bolt out and hid it under Neil so that she couldn\u2019t use the gun any more,\u201d Floyd raid.\u201cMy dad heard the noise and came up to see what was wrong.\u201d The father and Floyd described! how Marjorie on the day of thej shooting witnessed the killing of pigs on an uncle\u2019s farm.The boy j said they had been killed with a .22 ' rifle, the bullet being fired through the animals\u2019 eyes.An extensive and severe storm, centre 28.72 inches near Chatham, N.B., is moving rapidly northeastward having caused strong gales on the Atlantic coast, heavy rain in Nova Scotia and moderate to heavy snowfalls in most districts east of the Great Lakes.Pressure is relatively high in the Mississippi Valley and on the.west coast of Hudson Bay but low over Saskatchewan and the Missouri Valley.The weather has been cold in northern Ontario and Manitoba but it continues comparatively mild in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.F\u2019oreeast: Strong but decreasing northwest winds; mostly fair and rather cold tonight and Friday.Northern New England: Partly cloudy, colder tonight and Friday.Temperatures yesterday: Maximum, 35; minimum, 1 below.Same day last, year: Maximum, 39; minimum, 10.! 34,000 PERSONS DESIRE I TWO HUNDRED POSITIONS | - Many Women Among Those Seeking Positions as Examiners of Applicants for Motor Driving Licences.\u2022 | London, Dec.20.\u2014More than 34,-000 applications have, been received I for the two hundred positions offer-i ed as examiners of applicants for I motor driving licenses.Many wo-| men are among the applicants for the examiners\u2019 positions, as women will be given the job of testing wo- 1 men drivers.Special selection boards will be! established in London and other | centres, and recommended candidates will be obliged to undergo practical driving tests.The Ministre- of Transport emphasizes the ap- Quebec, Dec.20.\u2014Premier Taschereau yesterday told mayors of some sixty-six municipalities, mostly towns and cities, of the province of Quebec that the Provincial Government.is still willing to contribute fifty per cent, of the cost of direct relief -if the Federal Government will do.likewise but that it cannot be expected that the Provincial Government will take over the entire burden.He stated that he had sent his offer to Hon.W.A.Gordon, federal Minister of Labor, and believed that the Federal Government is at present deliberating on the problem.If the municipal authorities can do anything to hasten the deliberations, so much the better.\u201cBut do not forget one thing, that if Ottawa refuses to accept the offer it is out of the question for the province to take over the whole problem,\u201d warned the Premier.\u201cWe have already spent $26,-000,000 as our share of direct relief.That does not count costs of public works, but only direct relief.If there are municipalities which cannot carry on any longer be certain the Provincial Government will be sympathetic, but do remember that we have lost revenue and expenses have increased.\u201d Immediately following upon this interview the mayors met in the rooms of Hon.T.D.Bouchard, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and on proposal of Mayor V alter Moisan of Drummondville, it was decided that a delegation should go immediately to Ottawa to discuss the matter, and endeavor to obtain a decision as to the Taschereau offer.The delegation will consist of President Jos.Beau-bien, Mayor of Outremont, Hon.T.D.Bouchard, Mayor of St.Hyacinthe, secretary-treasurer of the Union of Quebec Municipalities under whose auspices the decision was taken, following upon Tuesday\u2019s sitting, and the mayors of Montreal, Quebec, Three\u2019 Rivers, Sherbrooke.Quebec West, St.Lambert, Lachine and Hull.Resolutions as to the removal of the coal embargo on Russia, and the right of municipalities to import coal to re-sell to their citizens, were laid before the Premier.A resolution making it clear that municipalities had the right to tax insurance companies which had offices in their boundaries was also tabled, and the one to safeguard the municipalities in the matter of sidewalk accidents.Considération was promised to these resolutions without comment.BLOOD-CRAZED MOB LEFT A TRAIL OF DEATH, FIRE AND DESTRUCTION National Guardsmen Rushed to Selbyville, Tenn., to Prevent Any Further Racial Outbreaks which Have Already Caused Two Deaths and Serious Wounding of Seven_ $150,000 Court House Destroyed After Mob Found Negro, Object of Lynching Attempt, Had Been Spirited to Safety.MYSTERY RACE UNCOVERED ON PACIFIC COAST Shelbjville, Tenn., Dec.20.\u2014Death, fire and destruction, riding Ihe fui y of a mob, brought six hundred Tennessee National t.uarusmen into this riot-torn town today to quell any furthet racial outbreaks.Two men died in a blast from militia guns and seven were wounded yesterday as ihe mo'b ran wild on the scent of a lynching, fightim to carry off a negro who already had been led to safety under the'.i very'eyes.Four hours after the Guardsmen's bullets had stopped the assaul against the Court House, the building was burned down, at a loc; estimated at $ ISO,000.Threats still rang through the town to-day.Dr.James L.Morton fvUncya.fealtn off?C\u20acl> .faid he was informed the mob intended to fin the Bedford County jail, after offering a respite to let him remove the twemy-odd prisoners.Dr.Morton said he would take advantage of the Four trucks of an original de.tachment of 111 National Guards men, who brought the mob\u2019s quarrj here for trial yesterday, were overturned and burned.E.K, Harris, the twenty-two.year-old negro, was on trial for assault of a fourteen-year-old white girl.Disguised as a Guardsman anc wearing a gas mask, he was lee through the milling crowd from the court room to a waiting automobile, An escort of militia sped him to Nashville for safekeeping.Only alter their car pulled away from the Court House did the mob sense the ruse.Cheated of their prey, the enraged men turned upon the National Guard as it filed from the besieged Court House and marched out of town.They hurled stones and yelled insults at the militiamen.Reported threats of vandalism on the city water plant caused a police guard to be thrown around it, and there were sporadic small blazes, ail of them extinguished.Of the seven wounded, two were in such serious condition today that physicians said they could not live.The dead were Raleigh Edwards, thirty-year-old house painter, who was shôt and baynoted, and an unidentified white man, Hospital authorities said the latter\u2019s body was dumped on the hospital porch and then taken away before they could give attention to h.m.Rough treatment was accorded any negro who dared appear upon the streets and threats of an in-sion of the negro quarter were Great Fraser Middens Near Vancouver Give Clues of Clam-Eating Race Who Lived Two Thousand Years Before White Man Settled in British Columbia.Vancouver, December 20.\u2014Further investigation of the origin and complete disappearance of a \u201cmystery\u201d race of men, who inhabited Canada\u2019s west coast two thousand years before the white settlement of what is now British Columbia, depended today upon the acquisition of funds for excavation of middens buried in practically unexplored inlets.Careful study of skeletons excavated from the Great Fraser Midden at Marpole, a suburb of Vancouver on the Fraser River, has convinced anthropologists such a race existed.When the tidal flats off Marpoie vanished under the barely perceptibly advance of the Fraser Delta, the claim-eating shore dwellers departed.They left the middens, great mounds of dam shells, accumulated through the centuries and hiding the bones and implements of many generations.Excavation of the largest of these, started two years ago, revealed the forgotten race.The midden, covering many acres and reaching eighteen feet in depth, has yielded anthropological and archaeological treasures which Vancouver scientists claim a-re among the most important ever unearthed in the Dominion.Signs of forestration to a depth of two or three feet indicated the growth had covered the midden for rife, but no damage or casualti were reported from that section, CLAIM BRIBE PAVED WAY FOR DILLINGER\u2019S ESCAF Sensational Break from Crov Point Jail Believed to Ha Been Achieved by $11,000 Well as a Wooden Gun, Chicago, Dec.20.\u2014 Reports th John Dillinger used a bribe as w growxn nacf covered the midden for as a wooden Son in his sensatior at least eight hundred years.Round ?r.oak from the Grown Point, In «UmII^\t4.1- .j t_j:\u2014 jail evoked a flood of conflict!! opinions from officials.\u201d1 think it\u2019s a proved fact th Dillinger bought his way out of jai Attorney-General Philip Lutz, j of Indiana, declared at Clevela after being apprised of informatt to the effect that the outlaw pav his way to freedom with $11,0( 'That wooden gun was just part the stage play,\u201d J.Edward Barce, Deputy Attc ney-General of Indiana, who spe six months investigating the fan cal escape and posed as a gunm: recently in running down a Dilli ger ally in the Chicago underwor stated he had \u201cnever heard th amount mentioned.\u201d The Chicago Daily News skulls, similar to those of Indians now on British Columbia reserves, were found below*.At depths of eight feet and more came the startling discovery of long skulls, like those of the whites who invaded Canada centuries after the \u201cmystery\u201d race had vanished, tn one small area, eighty such skulls were found.They were remains of men who lived at least two thous-, and years ago.Who were they?Whence came they and where did they go?The mystery of the vanished race may never be solved in the opinion of T.P.O.Menzies, curator of the Vancouver City Museum, who assisted in the excavations.He has no theory; but he\u2019contends'rec'oiVTHc''-\tNews Lion of the skulls gives both Chinese ,\tlantnnDllhn?el; and Negroid types.\t! the H1-000 came from Artl Prof.Charles Hill-Tout, interna- f^foLm\u20acf, inve*tl*»tor tionally recognized Vancouver an-:\tn^iquett\u2019 outlaws att throDolosrist.believes the ., and was corroborated by an named man who saw the\u201d change hands in a Crown COURT DEFINES QUEBEC WOMEN\u2019S MINIMUM WAGE ACT Montreal.Dec.20.\u2014The Quebec Women\u2019s Minimum Wage Act is not retroactive and may not he invoked to claim increased salary as stipulated by the cot when the work for which the salary\u2019 is claimed is done before it came into effect, Mr.Justice I udger Forest ruled in the Superior Court here yesterday\u2019.As a result a claim by\u2019 Aurore Brisson for $127 against F.A.Senecal was dismissed.thropoiogist.believes the \u201clong heads\u201d were forebears of the Eski- rnan\u201ep\t\u201e r\to maux.He bases this theory largely ™lonn T\tf Cr°\"?Pc on the fact they used barbed spear\trhL crefnce points, employed by neither the! ¦¦ P© r h a n - t\tfnt ' \u201croundheads\u201d nor any other native! at the trial of f rLTli CT* nice known in British Columbia.! who i - oharao i\tatt01,1 Tim t Eskimo uses barbed spear\tDniinger gang!\u201d1^ ^ Unexplored middens located on! charged wRh^harborlntf^nnr ya\"S and.the attorney is schlduled to may\u2019 hold the secret of a gradual northward retreat.Future excavations may give the forgotten man his rightful place in Canadian history.NEWS RECORDS DEATHS OF SEVERAL PUBLIC FIGURES Today's List Contains Names of Veteran Shipmaster, Pioneer Mining Man, Celebrated European Pianist and Distingnished Barrister.ointments will bo strictly on the merits of the individual applicant.Recordsd in today\u2019s press despatches were the deaths of the following widely-known public figures: Toronto: Dr.Alexander McPhed-ran, 87, former president of the Canadian Medical Association and the Toronto Academy of Medicine, l\trau.; me Kight Vancouver: Captain David Baird, James O\u2019Reilly.76, Bishop of deiit of the Vbto eiu v Pn?Si'\tdiocesc pf Thc Roman C, dent, ot the \\ ictona and Vancouver ihe Church.tried soon in federal court.BANDITS MADE A BIG HA IN PHILADELPHIA.Philadelphia, Dec.20.\u2014A rob band of five, one of whom po said they believe may have been fugitive killer, Robert Mais, inva a branch office of the Philadelp Electric Company today, scop up between $40,000 and $48,00C cash, and fled in a waiting car.Stevedoring Company, Limited.Port Arthur, Ont.: Ed Marks, widely known pioneer and mil man.Mont de Marsan, France: Fi cis Plante, 96, one of the most c brated of European pianists.London: Sir Joseph Nunan, distinguished barrister, former torney-General of British Gui and a member of various colo commissions.Fargo.N.D.: The Right PAGE TWO SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1934, TEXTILE FIRMS (CHARGES GRAIN (PRICE PROBLEM EMPLOYMENT AT STORAGE FIRMS DISCUSSED BY HIGH AVERAGE DELAY EXPORTS PRESENT PLANS ALDERMEN OPEN FOR LIVESTOCK DRIVE AGAINST PAPER MAKERS CONTROL BOARD TAX PROPOSALS Record\u2019s Classified Ads.To Let Many Details of Wage Scales and Government Agent Declares Port Working Conditions in Silk and Arthur and Fort William In-Cotton Plants Revealed by Commission Auditors.terests Placed Excessive Premium on Wheat Exporters.Quebec Premier Emphasizes Nec- Alberta First of Three Prairie Revenue Producing Schemes of essity of Newsprint Producers Provinces to Submit Demands Mayor Houde Meet with Little for Closer Control of Marketing.Ottawa, Dec.20.\u2014Plans for the j Montreal, Dec.20.- Maintaining Profitable Price Levels.Favor at Hands of Montreal City Council.Quebec, Dec.20.\u2014 Possible con- The council not -were preseted and received by the I alleging excessive charges at lake- Commission.Yesterday the commissioners\u2019 worked at.a dizzy rate.Scores of ! Substitution of a November con- ; j head terminal elevators.Ottawa, Dec.20.\u2014Gathering up| Winnipeg, Dec.20.\u2014Abolition of\t_________w ____ the \u201cremnants'\u2019 of the testiie in- December as a contract month in sequences to firms selling newsprint regulation of the marketing of live-; of the City of MontreaV does dustry which time prevented them wheat futures trading on the Winni- at a price lower than the S42.50 a stock designed to secure a fairer.approve the taxation proposals of from fishing yesterday, the Royal peg Grain Exchange is proposed by j ton agreed upon by manufacturers return to the producer are before Mayor Camillien Houde and is far Commission on Mass Buying today1 John I.McFarland, head of the i about a month ago will be further the Dominion Marketing Board to-: from bashful in saving so.Further-began their investigation into the j Canadian Government wheat agency j discussed by representatives of day backed by prominent stockmen more, Mayor Houde appears not in canning industry.Auditors\u2019 reports and general manager of the Can-! newsprint firms at a meeting to be of Alberta .\tI the least offended by their poor ijadian Wheat Pools, in a statement held within two weeks.\tAlberta, the cow country, the1 opinions of his ideas.As each of the Announcement of the meeting was country of the open range, has long, thrty-five aldermen attacked one or made yesterday after a meeting be- thrived on the meat business, but other section of the Mayor\u2019s protween newsprint officials and Que- lately things have been different.; posais to raise an additional eight companies, associated With the tract for December, said Mr.Me- ; bee Government leaders caT!ed by L?'v P|':ces have hit the ranchers.! million dollars revenue for the city, manufacture of textiles in their ; Farland, would give two liquid do- ; Premier L.A.Taschereau following They niink there are flaws in the ; His Worship simply smiled and ask-various phases, came before them, ! livery months\u2014October and Nov-1 announcement by the American marketing system and they believe ; ed that something' more logical be The auditors reports, presented by ember\u2014in- the navigation season j Newspaper Publishers\u2019 Association *£ they had a measure of control ; proposed.J.G.G'.assgo and G.A.Adamson i and facilitate clearance of grain, j in the United States it would seek , ov*r ^ i\u2018ley would be better off.j Nothing definite occurred, for the of Toronto, were skimmed over a: The change also would be a means - elsewhere for its newsprint unless .Sponsors of the livestock market-j tax debate is only in its lusty in-high speed.\ti of guarding against operations de-1 governmental interference in the in- T\u2019S scheme for Alberta had their: fancy.But out of the discussion Here and there some highlights trimental to the export of wheat by i dustry in Quebec was stopped.The mnmgs before the Board yesterday j came certainty that, if there is a a-res**ed the attention of the investi- terminals at Fort William and Port1 meeting -vas also attended by Hon.8\u201c\u201c a later date opponents of the; payroll tux.it will be on a graduat-eators.The Canadian Silk Product?Arthur.After hearing informal Honore Mercier, Quebec Minister of scheme will be heard.\tj ed scale; that if utilities are to be Co of She'-M-ooke ~ wa= noted, complaints from exporters, Mr.Me-; Lands and Forests, and Hon.J.E.The scheme involves a pool of all taxed, their gross incomes from earned the ^rge=-profits in :t« own Farland last night declared the ter-i Perrault, Minister of Roads and livestock offered on the markets, | Montreal are likely to suffer instead particular industrial groan but pad \u2018minai interests were demanding ex-1 Mines.\tj with .conditions of sales and grades j of the assessment on their street wages that, were ten per cert, less than the average for the Province of V at St e.Quebec.A textile company a Anne de la Perade, in Quebec\u2014the Goodwear Hosiery Mills\u2014operated in a building owned by the municipality and paid extremely low wages.It had permission of the Quebec Minimum Wage Board to do so\u2014according to the auditors.This fact particularly interested the Commission.The point was stressed that this company was competing with other companies in its own field, and yet had the permission of the administrative authorities to pay wage?less than obtaining elsewhere.This, according to Norman Sommerville.Comm 1;-sior.counsel, had a bearing on the low rates paid elsewhere and should icesstve premiums from exporters! ft was believed yesterday\u2019s meet and estsr.:?:-ng a ne.-r.ng j>o;.cy ; jj,g discussed the reported agree wrier, brought greater return front ;m\u20acnt of the janws McLaren Com-; storage of gram.\tj nany.Limited, and the St.Lawrence Whether the Council of the Win- Paper Compa#- tfl sell newsprint nipeg Grain Exchange, which has ] below the $42.50 price agreed on by representatives of terminal elevator j other companies, interests as members, would make) Following yesterday\u2019s meeting any reply was indefinite today.Re-i Premier Taschereau said the descent statistics from the head of the j gates had agreed to meet among lakes ports showed there were 56,-j themselves and to reuort within ten 006,000 bushels of wheat in stor- days what decision they took, age.Total capacity is 95,000,000 j \u201cWe showed them the necessity of bushels.\tthe companies reaching a mutual \u201cUnwarranted premiums were I understanding.\u201d he declared, \u201cso exacted from exporters in order to ; that newsprint prices might, be secure cargo for their lake steamer ! stabilized and sufficiently lucrative charters,\u201d said Mr.McFarland in to enable companies to operate on a _ regulated by a local Marketing equipment; that if there is a fire .Boal'd selected by the producers.A ; insurance premium tax there will similar scheme is being prepared to.also be a burglary insurance pre-cover Saskatchewan, and it is ex- mium tax\u2014-and uossiblv a life insur-nectea Manitoba producers will also ance premium tax; while there was present an application along the ; considerable support for one sug-same lines.Should the three schemes gestion that cleaning of snow from be authorized a central selling sidewalks should be on the basis of agency would be set up for the.six cents for one hundred dollars of three provinces.\t! assessments instead of the present Ihe ruling of the Board on the ; ten cents per foot \u201cto reach the big poultry schemes for the three west-j fellow.\u201d ern provinces is expected shortly.The set-up proposed for poultry' is along the same lines as the livestock schemes.:>e considered in cf con- reviewing the operations from the j profitable basis.They promised to head of the lakes between Novem-; meet and discuss the situation her 1st and the close oi a week ago.Plenty of navigation j among themselves and see us again wheat was i in about ten days.\u201d ¦ait ans prevai.itg among other tex- avat.ac.e.re said.Doth at the head I ry eleva- \\ tile workers who were on relief The evidence cf the auditors showed that in the depression years the textile industry had not suffered to the same extent as others.The ratio of employment had increased, although the pay-roll had sot kept pace.This was accounted for by the fact that many cheaper graces of products were being1 ies were not made until last Sara mace and the work being given was day, not normally of a high paid class.; ing \u2022 PRISONERS STEAL RAISINS TO MAKE SOME HOME BREW of the lakes and in eo tor*, \u201cThe facts are,\u201d he said, \u201cthat the terminal elevator operators who had sold or \u2018hedged\u2019 their wheat for i .\t-\t.r ~ December delivery, deliberately re- ; Alert Guard Spoiled I heir rlans, framed from making delivery to ; buyers until after navigation had; closed.In fact, there first deliver- ] December 15th notwithstand-te fact that they were and still ! However, when He Saw Them Old English War-Time Tunes En-Hide Cartons in Base of Gigan- livened Breakfasts of British tic Snow Man.are owners , store house arge stocks in their ; SHARP INCREASE RECORDED IN NEWFOUNDLAND\u2019S TRADE Island Dominion Boasts of Favorable Balance with Large Export Increase.imported So,500,000 worth of good?from the Dominion.Imports from United States amounted to more than $4,500,000 and from the United Kingdom $3,833,00 Paris.designed to maintain order during TWO NEAR-CENTENARIANS Warden Frar Cor al vear ended St.John\u2019s.Xfk Reporting a favor: and a general imp ness.Newfound! Government rel< turns for the i Jane 30, 1934.The returns < islands total tr< amounted to $43, with $39,641,800 twelve months.Imports were v 000 end exports at $26,791,503.Imports exceeded the previous year\u2019?hj more than $1,005,000 and export?increased by more than $2,000.000.Newfoundland was shown to be s good customer of Canacb, having 3 tnat thé 'or the year \u20225.compared at -ti Joliet, Dec.20.\u2014Possibly recalling the story-book act of Little \u2022Jack Homer, who \u201cstuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum,\u201d ten £0Uie to ,\t, ,,\t.,\t,.\t.husky convicts at StateviHe Prison forra part of the international force yesterday attempted to pull three\t.,\t.- cartons of raisin?from the prison\u2019the plebiscite period are receiving, an enthusiastic welcome at French 1 - - Whipp and\t-\t.\t.The United Kingdom was New- prison chef intended to use the wis-l °Jd\twar-time tunes enhv foundland\u2019s b*=t customer, having ins for making Christmas Dies.The ; ?ned a t>re®Mast1 coftee,^ rolls and accounted for $11,992.000 of the is- prisoners wanted them to produce a \u2022 !iam\tmT t'r.e trench .to land\u2019s exports, of which piper re- more powerful Christmas cheer\u2014 UT-P ®t T!?0lmlle station.The in-presented approximately $7,000,000.homebrew.\t; habitants there were nonplussed Exports, to the United States But an alert guard who saw them toTaned $5.194,000, of which piper hide the cartons in the ba?e of a -r \u2022 t, ?\t, represented more than $3,800,000.gigantic snow man they built in the ^rfwe11 shouts as tn\u20ac tram PrePared ^ MTdlnrdWh\u2019'M^announceï^^hat; Thên th\u20acy found the tommies were as punishment* they get no pi- foî starldin^ sdlffly at attention because Chri^mas D\" ^ 6\t*\ta French hand on thp stati Mayor Houde appeared delighted with the enthusiasm of the alder-manic wrecking crew, as city officials took down notes of new- tax after new tax all to go into the melting pot when aldermanic speeches are stilled.\u201cLet business, let everyone come and tell us what tnev want,\u201d was another invitation of His Worship, who emphasized that he does not care where the money comes from so long as the ^ ^or spending, and the taxpayer gives it up with the faintest of moans.Throughout the debate there ran the thread of demand, first made by Aid.W.H.Biggar, that taxation ne direct so that everyone get hurt and reach understanding that if T\ttl Mr * D i 1 *axes ^.xist someone pays them and Iroops on Their Way to Patrol none live at the expense of thrir neighbor.And from the same alderman came the view that City b™nci! ought to study taxing pro- QOLID COMFORT.HEATED APART-^ ments, seven rooms, $25; four rooms, $30.Phone Edwards, 135.pHAIN STORES ATTENTION I BEST ^ proposition in city for store, central location, low rent.Phone Edwards, 135.r^OUR-ROOM FURNISHED APARTMENT, with bath, large rooms on upper floor of Record Office; neatly furnished with all necessary equipment except electric refrigerator.$45 a month, by year, or for winter months only.Apply Misa Willard, Record Office.Miscellaneous TTOITNG BUSINESS WOMAN LIVING alone would like another girl to live with her.Apply Box 10, Record.TITRS.GOUGH\u2019S BEAUTY PARLOR LTA wiJi remain open for appointments until 10 o'clock Saturday, 22nd, a.nd Saturday, 29th.ârtjcrbtoofee SSailp iRetorï» Prices For Classified Advertising CASH RATE\u201410c for 10 words for one insertion ; 1 cent for each additional word.CHARGE RATE\u2014Twenty-five cents for twelve words for one insertion.Two cents each additional word.BIRTHS.MARRIAGES, DEATHS.Death and Funeral Notice, Card of Thanks, In Memoriam (without poetry) 75 cents an insertion.Poetry included m In Memoriam.two cents a word extra.Engagements, Weddings, Birth Notices.60 cents.List of flowers included in obituary reports, two cents a word.Twenty-five cents extra when charge account is opened.Reader Notice in country locals, 15 cents per line, five words to a line; Lennoxviile and City Brieflets, 20 cents per line.ERRORS in advertisements will be rectified immediately on attention being called thereto.r, YOU TAKE DAVIES\u2019 STOMACH Powder you can eat anything this Christmas.Mail 50c to H.M.Davies, 65a Wellington North, Sherbrooke, Que.S3 CHRISTMAS GIFT SUBSCRIPTION to the Sherbrooke Record will be to any of your friends a welcome gift.Far-off recipients will tell you \"the Editorial page alone is worth it.** Send $3 to-day.and we will reserve the letter written on any text you wish ontil it shall be scheduled to arrive just before Christmas.As each letter is an individual letter, and not a form letter, the recipient will be more appreciative.Send remittance any way you like to the Editor of the Record.Sherbrooke.Canada.Private Hospital \u2022yVATERNITY CASES, STRICTLY CON-fidential.Board before illness and after.For information apply 4503 Marquette Street.Montreal.Que.Male Help Wanted T> ELI ABLE SINGLE MAN, GOOD MILK-* er with experience.Lewis Jackson, North Hatley, Que.THE BUILDING OF ENERGY DEPENDS UPON PROPER NOURISHMENT Many people have profited by tha knowledge that, \u201cAn ounce of Prevention is worth a pound of Cure\u201d.Nature always gives a warning, which unfortunately is often ignored.This warning may be simply that you feel tired\u2014fagged out\u2014 that you have no appetite, or don\u2019t sleep well at nights.In such cases it would be wise for you to go to your grocer and order some BOSWELL CREAM PORTER.This invigorating, healthful beverage has excellent tonic qualities, as well as being most pleasing and appetizing.Female Help Wanted AfAID WANTED, MUST HAVE RKFER-A ences.Apply 158 Quebec Street.Phone 945-W.Situation Wanted, Male VOUNG COUPLE DESIRES POSITION.Caretaker, other work.Box 95, Record.Wanted To Purchase FRANCE GIVES BRITISH FORCE WARM WELCOME Saar Region.Dec.20- British troops en- ; perties now- tax-exempt the ;saar where they will !\t_________ FO NEAR-CENTER GIVE TIPS FOR LONG LIFE iv_ Ninety-Nine Year Old Chicago Man Observes Birthday with Tasty Midnight Snack of Oysters, Welsh Rarebit and Black Coffee, Topped Off with Bit of Cheese.Hairdresser AIRDRESSING DONE AT YOUR OWN home.No extra charge.Miss Wootten, Phone 1337-W.H Live Stock For Sale A GOOD GRADE COWS, DUE TO freshen, $50.Take your choice.Walter Wingeat, Ascot Corner, Few choice jersey, black giant cockerels, for exhibition or breeding.Price $2.Mrs.Fred R.Taylor, Richmond, Que.T ADY\u2019S SKIS, BOOTS, harness.Second hand.POLES AND Phone 153-W.| STOCK AVERAGES 1 ©-* The average price of ten representative securities listed on the Montreal Stock Exchange yesterday was 28.72, which was a gain of .21 over the average price of Tuesday.The average prices, with net changes for the past month, follow: Dec.19 Dec.18 Dec.17 Dec.15 i Dec.14 IDec.13 ! Dec.12 j Dec.11 Dec.10 Dec.8 j Dec.7 j Dec.G Liée.5 Dec.4 Dec.3 , Dec.1 .Nov.30 ! Nov.29 Aver.\tNet Price\tChange 28.72\t+ .21 28.51\t4- .n 28.40\t\u2014\u2014 ,35 28.75\t+ .12 28.G3\t\u2014 .01 28.67\t\u2014 .01 28.68\t+ .15 28.53\t\u2014 .08 28.61\t\u2014 .04 28.65\t\u2014 .03 28.68\t+ .62 28.66\t+ .20 28.46\t+ .01 28.45\t\u2014 .02 28.47\t\u2014 .11 28.53\t+ .06 28.52\t+ .02 28.50\t\u2014 .02 For Sale BUSINESS DIRECTORY A TWATER-KENT EIGHT TUBE ELEC-^ trie radio, table model, complete, new condition, $58 or nearest cash offer.Roy Harrison, Bury, Que.QNE PAIR SKIS, 76 INCHES LONG, with poles and harness, one year in use.Apply 61 Frontenac, between 6 and 8 p.m.{CHRISTMAS TREES FOR SALE, ^ liver ed.E.C.Rose, 927r2, Advocates w ELLS & LYNCH.ADVOCATES.GRAN-ada Theatre Building.' DE- IT UGG.MI GN AULT, HOLTHAM AND ^ Grundy, advocates, McManamy & Walsh Buildinti, 70 Wellington St.N.Phone 1589.[OHM P.WOLFE.B.A., B.G.L., Q.C.R.Building, Wellington Sfc, North.Financial News MONTREAL OPENING AND NOON PRICES The following quotations of today*® prices on the Montreal Stock Exchange are furnished by McManamy & Walsh: ' I habitants there were 'momentarily when the troops apparently ignored their demonstrative Beligum was the third .argest customer.t-king products valued at $2,085,000, mair.\u2019y consisting of lead ar.d other concentartes from Buchans mine.Newsprint continued to be one or Newfoundland\u2019s greatest sources of wealth, production for the vear having totalled $11.550.345.Fisheries were valued a: ST.663,650, end minerals at $4,708,699.a French band on the station plat ____________ jform was playing \u201cGod Save the jKing.\u201d The anthem ended, the tom-He : \u201cYou're good on conundrums, ' mi\u20acS crowded the windows try this one.\u201d\tTrain, yelling good-byes.She; \u201cSure, go ahead.\u201d\t;\t- He: \u201cTake away my first letter,! CHRISTMAS TRUCE DECLARED rake awav my second letter, take- Saarbrueckelï, Saar Basin, Terri-away all my letter; Any ar.d al! kinds of business\u2014a cent a word.Record Want Columns, carrier.\u201d the same.What am 1?\u201d She: \u201cThat\u2019s easy.You\u2019re a s and I am still ; *or>', Dec.20.- Chicago, Dec.20.\u2014Oysters and beverages vs no smokes and no nips \u2014such is the contrasting life of two near-centenarians, Said Abraham Greenburg, of of the Chicago, who was ninety-nine yes-jterday, \u201ceat your best meal at mid-\u2019 night, it tastes better then; fore-m molasses and sulphur in favor of a good drink of liquor, some lemon A Christmas truce to 1 Juice and water; break every one ?1 tff® * m OF ijime-hofiored, is this fine old| ^Canadian custom of serving?jMELCHERS Gold Cross Gin! ^during the Christmas season! W'?/' / 1 finest CANADIAN\u2019 'n i THREE SIZES iO OUNCES -41.00 2 6 ounces - 2.30 40 ounces - 3.30 mm?COLD CROSS r ^ r/ 0mmmmw/^i ^ 0te ORIGINAL ûuuuUaa Çenem Jumom Jot am, _________£*±