Sherbrooke daily record, 25 mai 1920, mardi 25 mai 1920

[" Sherbrooke Daily Record Established 1897 Cod SHERBROOKE, QUE., TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920.PRICE TWO CENTS HQjgjviR.PERREAULT DISCUSSES FARM PROBLEM Soviets Claim Further Gains-Deny Carranza Ended Life '\t~ Oil CARRANZA ENDED HIS OWN LIFE-REMAINS LAD TO REST AS REQUESTED BY LATE PRESIDENT BOLSHEVISTS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IPRESIDENT OF CARRIED CASES OF WHISKEY IN BÏ POLES, WITH HEAVY LOSSESi FROM TRAIN MS AIRPLANE BACK OVER THE UPPER BERESINA ! FRANCE FELL The Poles Captured Over Four Hundred Prisoners in Their Counter-Attack Against the Enemy, According to Official Statement \u2014 Bolshevists Attacking Along the Entire Northern Polish Front, but Have Been Checked Everywhere, it is Declared \u2014 Polish Government Will Later Enter into Negotiations with the Soviet Officials.However, President Deschanel was; Not Very Seriously Injured as Result of Accident.(Associated Press Desptach) WARSAW, May 25\u2014Bolshevik troops which succeeded in crossing the upper Beresina in several places have been driven back across the river with heavy losses, ir.cluding more than four hundred prisoners, according to an official statement issued here.The enemy is attacking along the entire northern Polish front, but have been checked everywhere, it is declared.Fighting continues along the whole front.POLISH GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED ITS PROGRAMME (Associated Press Despdtcli) BERNE, May 25.\u2014The Polish Government has just made known that so soon as the Polish army has obtained the mili-tarv objectives assigned to it, the Government will declare itself ready to enter into political negotiations with the Bolshevik Government.The place of meeting will be designated later.BOLSHEVISTS CLAIM CAPTURE OF SEVERAL VILLAGES (Associated Pres» Desptach) LONDON, May 25.\u2014Russian Soviet forces have occupied a number of villages on the west bank of thé Dnieper River, from fourteen to twenty-seven miles north of Kiev, according tc an official statement issued in Moscow yesterday and received here by wireless.PROTESTS AGAINST THE ACCUSATIONS MADE (Associated Prer?Despatch) ! PARIS May 25.-Thc French Gov-1 crament i,; pr< testing against the accusations which have been made apra!nst the French colonial troops who took part in the recent occupation of re; fain Rhine cities.In a statement it r.-ys that of the 86,000 men compris-; (nf» the army of occupation, only 23.440 v.'cre colonial troops and of these only; ^.400 were neprroes, the remainders hoY,g Algerians and Moroccans.It adds that excellent relations existed between the inhebitrnts of the Rhineland and the colonial troops.CHINA FINALLY SENDS A REPLY TO JAPAN (Associated Press Despatch) PEKING May 25.- The Chinese government on Saturday 'snt it; long deferred reply to Japan on the subject of Shantung, says a despatch to the London Times.The reply expressed pleasure that Japan proposed to return Kiao Chau and would withdraw the ra\u2019lway guards, hut fails to see the re essity i f formal negotiations.China, the reply states, is ready at r.r y moment to take over the policing of tho railway, which really was here when the city was a German possesion.PRESIDENT WILSON HAS ASKED FOR AUTHORITY I'liinriprrinrtnrdTbWcuuinfiftnnr GERMANS TO ATTEND ; Ê\tSPA CONFERENCE : (Associated Press Despatch) PARIS, May 25.\u2014Prseident Deschanel, who was injured yesterday morning by a fall from a train near.Montargis, spent a good night and his physicians issued a bulletin this morning saying his condition was as satisfactory as possible, although rest was necessary.The bulletin added the president was suffering from \u201csuperficial wounds in the face and left leg and general prostration.\u2019 Mr.Deschanel did not preside at today\u2019s cabinet meeting, as was expected, members of the ministry insisting that he obey his physician's orders, and rest.President Deschanel, fell from ai window in train, which was travelling! thirty kilometres an hour.After his; fall, the President walked along the] tracks until he met a werkmen to whom he told the accident.He was attempting to open a window which went up suddenly precipitating' him on to the traeks.After the cabinet session.Jules Steeg, the Minister of the Interior, announced that tne president\u2019s condition was satisfactory, but that the execu-j five would take a long rest at Rambouillet.The date of his departure, ! however, has not yet been fixed, the i secretary said.President Duschanel rose at seven 1 o\u2019clock this morning and ate a hearty 1 breakfast.He declared he felt no ill ! effects from his adventure.He insist' ; cd that he was sufficiently fit to preside at the cabinet session, but the doctors and the cabinet ministers ! eventually succeeded in persuading j him not to attend the meeting.j EOUTbANK ROBBERY AT FINLEYVILLE, PA.Cashier Was Knocked Unconscious and Locked in Vault by the Robbers.Pilot Arrived at Des Moines and Sold His Whiskey at $250 a Case.( Associated Press Despatch) DBS MOINES, 'May 25.\u2014Police today searched for an airplane pilot who was said to have landed at a flying field near here yesterday afternoon from Winnipeg, with' eighteen cases of whiskey in his plane.He sold the whiskey for S250 a case within two hours the police said.The plane left Winipeg at «i-ght-thirty m the momirg and made the kOO-mile trip in between seven and eight hours, the police said, they learned.They did not reveal the hiding place or the plane.THREE KILLED IN A FIGHT WITH POLICE (Associated Press Despatch) ROME, May 25.\u2014Three persons were killed and o many wounded in a fight between a mob and police officers at Canosa, Province of Aputia, yesterday, accord- ° ing to advices to the Giornale dTtalia.The disorder was the result of a dispute over local £ affairs in the dty, it is said.Z Order has been restored.3i .JL!Liï2!L2^JLÎLÎLSLk^Jk!LBJÎJLlL2XS!J_2JL^ Body of President Carranza, in Accordance with His Oft-Repeated Requests was .Buried in Delores Cemetery, where the Poorest of Mexicans Have for Many Yeaars Found Their Last Resting Place \u2014 Report of Doctors Denied Suicide Story.(Associated Press Despatch) MEXICO CITY, May 25\u2014In accordance with his oft repeated request, President Carranza, slain last Thursday morning at Atlax- j ^ calalongto, was buried late yesterday ^ afternoon in Dolores Cemetery, where i * TOKIO, May 25\u2014The Imper- * jn the shadow Of Chapultepec, the ^\trend at the annual IT IS THE DUTY OF EVERY ONE TO ENCOURAGE THE FARMER TO STAY ON LAND-H0N.MR.PERREAULT KING ALEXANDER MARRIED PARIS, May 25.\u2014King Alexander of Greece is reported here to have __________ been married morganatically to Miss poorest of Mexicans have for many Tt/r\tj\tjs j,\t-,\t, years found their last resting place.As the funeral cortege left the home of the late chief executive, the extraordinary \u2022session of co sgress was be rg called ;o order to choose a president ad interim, to hold office unt-T a mw president, To be elected next September is inaugurated.Aldofo De La Huerta, governor of the state of #¦*##**** * * * SITUATION IN FAR EAST -» STILL SERIOUS.* Associated Press Despatch ifc Manos, daughter of a former aide-de-camp to King Constantine.The Greek legation in Paris refuses confirmation or denial of the report.#\tial address read at the annual # #\tmeeting of the Japanese Red #\tCross last week said that the * St situation in the Far East is SS 1» still too troubled to permit # St withdrawals of Japanese fore- # 8! es from Siberia.\t® ¦ÿe\t^ Si*!»#*#-# Sonora, was ra.ir i aft.ir congress hadl ,\t,\t\u2022\u2022 \u2022_____ I cm in seasio < for an .hour and a! sale of liquors containing more than jjjjjj\t¦ fourteen per cent, alcohol.T-h, tad, of * M.»r.\t?SS> ali foreign diplomats here explain ng ,, the reason for the extraordinary ses-f sion of congress which named the j rived in Mexico at five thirty o\u2019clock ] yesterday morning and was taken to jt.e family Home, being escorted by soldiers and a delegation from the di SUlv.tIv?X& «AIlv.1 ti\tKill AiDill LIIU HI\u2014j\t.\t\u2022 , , -r 7 \u2022 , l-Y\u2014- x.l._ 1 plomatic corps.Later the body lay in! Provision president \\ irtually the only - I until t\u2019,1^ hmir of thf fi.nprn! ; assertion made is the statement that M5Wu,0Tfbin**2ït~\u201c \u201cr,bdW the Vast .Lands to be Lpened Up \u2014 Hon.Mr.risher, m was hurled from power by revolution',,.\t., c , cc, c Address, Sounds a Warning to People \u2014 \u201cCanada is Rich jaJ^0\\eh^a^^i®^iTcum' :\tsiNATED\t\" Today.Our Industries are Most Prosperous, Our Trade is; Colonel Ilerrero, leader of the revo!-1 (Associated Press Despatch) Increasing by Leaps and Bounds.Our Agriculture Alone ' uF;°n5ry force?.* °» Y1101}1 has ,VeeT ' ^tLX CRUZ- May 25\u2014Reports of \u2022 w .\t.\tT-, r\t,,50\tt\u2014 ,\tj placed responsnbiity for tne deatr, of, an autopsy performed on the body of IS INot Keeping race With the Kest, bays Mr.risher.J Carranza has telegraphed to army au-! President Carranza at Tlaxcalantor.go _____________________\tIthorities here that the president com-] fail to agree with the claim of Ro- (Associated Pres* Despatch) BERLIN, May 25.\u2014The German Government yester-d a y notified the British charge d\u2019affaires at Berlin of its acceptance of the En- % tente\u2019s invitation to partici-% pate in the conference at Spa.^JlJUliUÏJLSÜüLiULSLSllLiLILLQJUUUÎJlJLJ PITTSBURG.May 25.\u2014The First National Bank at Finleyville, Pa., near here was held up and robbed shortly after noon yesterday by six men.who escaped according to word received here by the police.The bandits are said to have escaped with $100,000 in bonds and securities and $15,000 in cash.The assistant cashier, who was the only man in the bank at the time, is reported to have been knocked unconscious and locked in the vault while the institution was rifled.Reactionary Results From Death Of Carranza Is Taken Advantage Of By Prominent Mexican Officials Expected that De Facto Government Faces Problem of Subduing Villa, the Rebel Leader \u2014 Adjustment between New Government Forces and Villa Have Not Been Affected \u2014 Agent Left Message at White House for President Wilson.WASHINGTON, May 26.\u2014President Wilson has asked authroity from congress for the United States to_accept a mandate over Armenia.The Président told Congress be thought the wish of the United States people was that the United States should become the mandatory for Armenia.ONE KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHED TO GROUND Mr.Beasley Was Killed and Major Baker Seriously Injured at Vancouver.(Associated Press Despatch) VANCOUVER, B.0.May 25\u2014E.to.Beasley, managing director of the «British Columbia Union Steamship (Company, and on* of the most promin-jent business men of this city was Instantly killed, and Major A.R.Baker, was seriously injured yesterday .afternoon when an airplane in which [they had taken a flight over tho city fccashed to the ground from a.height iof 2500 feet.?* + + + + *+ #4 * 4 * \\ THE WEATHER J #*?*?***\u2022 + ***?FAIR AND MODERATELY WARM Pressure is high throughout.Canada except In the Western Provinces.Bhowers have occurred almost goner rilly in the Western Provinces except n Southern Alberta and South west-fern Saskatchewan.Moderate \u2022\u2022\u2022torly wind*; fair and moderately warm today and , Wednesday.(Associated Press Despatch) WASHINGTON, May 25\u2014Official interest in the Mexican situation was intensified yes terday by reports of a widespread reaction resulting from the kilting of former President Carranza, the deposed president.Those indications were accompanied by information that the de fade Government might have to face almost immediately the problem of reducing Villa, tfio 1 ong-tirae rebel leader, to\u2018submission, if not more important armed opposition.Reports received here were to the effect that men prominent in Meriean political affairs are suspected of preparing to take advantage of the indignation caused by Carranra's death to lead an avenging movement, as did Carranza himself when Madero was assassinated in 1913.General Galles has failed to effect an adjustment, between the new Government forces and Villa.Ignacio Enrique is said to have left Chihuahua Saturday with a strong force to co-operato with other troops in the pursuit of Villa.Yesterday Luis N.Mnrones, n confidential agent sent bo the United States by Obregon, called at the White House to leave for President Wilson a message signed by Obregon containing reassuring declarations as to the alms of the revolutionists.Ho expressed the belief that a strong and unopposed government would be established.iXi\tjXi iXl JttL iXi 1X1 sXl Ok, JXX CU iXi Yf* # D\u2019ANNUNZIO TO MARRY * AGAIN, IT IS RE- * PORTED.\t# * Associated Press Despatch NEW YORK, May 26\u2014The * declining interest in Fiume * shown by Gabrielle D\u2019Armun- # .zio, the Italian soldier poet, is * #\tattributed by some to the re- # port that he has italien in love, # #\t\u2014again.\t# S(s According to an Italian # #\tnewspaper D'Annunzio is seek- * ft ing a divorce and will marry as ft ft soon as he leaves his Fiume # #\tcommand.\tft # *##ftftftftft»##*»#*» OFFER REWARD FOR VILLA (Associated Press Despatch) EL PASO.May 25.\u2014The Government of Chihuahua has offered a reward of 100,000 pesos for the death or capture of Villa.Two thousand troops left Chihuahua Sunday to hunt tlaYYA tlu; ttditti du&tUua.FATAL ACCIDENT TOOK PUCE AT NAPIERVU1E LARGE and representative audience filled the dining hall of the Chateau Frontenac last night; oq the .¦xif'sksn of a banquet tendered to the.Honorable Mr.Perreault, Minister of Colonization in the Gouin Government.Mr.Perreault had come to Sherbrooke in view of visiting the crow lands in Orford Township, where he went in the afternoon with Mr.J.H.Lernay, M.L.A.Mr.Perreault has granted monies to open thirteen miles of new roads and the building of a school in that area, which ¦ lies between St.Elie and Brompton Lake.The banquet was held under the presidency of Mr.D.O.E.Denault, Mayor of ' Jerbrooke and amongst the prominent men present were the Honorable Sydney E.Fisher, Hon.J.E.Perreault, Hon.W.G.Mitchell, Messrs.E.W.Tobin, M.P., J.E.Rheauit, M.L.A., C.Desjallais, M.L.A., J.H.Lemay, M.L.A., Aider-man Delorme, Alderman Brault.Mayor Clarke, of Lennoxville; Mayor Faith, of Orford; Mayor Nichols, of Ascot; Mayor Virpoelst, of St.Eliej J.W.McKee, president of the Board of Trade; E.W.Harwell, president of the E.T.A.A.and many other Mayors and councillors from different municipalities in the townships.After the toast to our beloved Sovereign the.King, Mr.J.H.Lemay was called upon to present the toast to the guest of the evening.The local member referred to the brilliant career of Hon.Mr.Perreault, to the good work of the Quebec Government, and he thanked the minister for the generous grants given to help colonization in this county.ft,-# |Yonng Men Needed on the.Farms-I ft-ft Hon.Mr.Perreault dealt with the problem actually facing our populations.He deplored the exodus of the young men from the farm to the city.\u201cIt is a duty for every one to encourage the farmer to stay on the land, and the government of Quebec is ready to do its utmost with that end in view.\u201d \u201cA sum of $5,000.000 was voted at the iast session and will be spent to open new roads and help build schools in colonization districts.\"A groat enterprise is before us.Quebec has still about 15,000.000 miles of good fertile land that only awaits the hand of the \u201ctiller\u201d to turn into fine farms.Tho Gaspo Peninsula, the vajiey of tho.Mctapedia, the Lake St.John district with the Abititi and Temiscaimingue regions are the domain where the energy of our lovers of the soil can be exercised.\u201d Mr.Perreault spoke both in English and French and was enthusiastically received by all those present.I We Are Facing a Famine.#-* the country and good administration of our home affairs,\u201d said Mr.Fisher.Hon.Mr.Fisher paid a high tribute tc Qu-.'a*C, Lie \u2022-good understanding exists between labor and capital, and between the different races and religions.The toast to the Quebec Province ndtted suicide rather than surrender.; doif Herrero that the president com-He has offered to come to Mexico J muted suicide rather than be taken City to prove his assertion.\t; captive, it is asserted in official quar- ProMsicnal president Huerta will j t»j'?here.parvfctce, where j «ake tlu.* of biVste cn 'June i,\tSurgeons who conducted the au- cording to presnt p\u2019ans._\t_ itopsy, it is declared, found Carranza Genera! Enriequez is leading Ujhad been struck by two rifle bullets, stung column of troops into Southern ; one of which penetrated his breast Chihuahua where Francisco Villa who ; and the other his abdomen.The bul- was well proposed by Mr.D.J.Steele, i recently announced his opposition to Lts entered from in front and it was One Killed and Three Badly Injured in Auto Accident on Sunday Night.(Associated Press Despatch) MONTREAL, May 25\u2014David Mc-Kerrow, forty years of age, died in the Royal Victoria Hospital yesterday, and three other persons were seriously injured following an automobile \u2019 accident which occurred Sunday night near Napierville, Que., when the car left the road at a curve and turned turtle In a ditch throwing its six oc-uuguit.1 into the nearby field.who eulogized the Gouin Government for what had been done in the past.Hon.W.G Mitchell, Provincial Treasurer, answered this toast.Mr.Mitchell said that if the position of Quebec is today so sound, financially speaking^ it is due to the fact that the Gouin Government never spent more in a year than what was coming into the treasury.This province has accumulated over $9,000,000 that way in fifteen years, and this amount has been spent to improve the highway system and the schools.\u201cIf all the governments were acting that way, we would probably not be called upon to pay such heavy taxations as we have to meet now,\u201d said Mr.Mitchell.Mr.Mitchell referred to what has been achieved by the Gouin administration for agriculture, roads and education.He impressed his hearers greatly when he recalled the great doctrine of British Liberalism that was p.cached by Laurier during all his lifttime.\u201cThose making today, appeals to favor industry, or labor, or farming, without considering the rights of each of these sections of our population, are doing evil work.\u201d he continued.Messrs.Disjailais.M.L.A.for Compton and J E.Rheauit, member for Wolfe, also spoke.A toast to the city was ably proposed and answered by Mr.J.W.McKee and Alderman Brault.A special toast to the ladies, Mesdames Perreault and Lemay being present, was proposed by Mr.Jacob Nicol, K.C.Mr.C.E.Bachand was called upon to sing and the meeting closed with \u201cGod Save the King.\u201d .*- RAILROADS PROVE HEAVY LOSS.(Associated Press Despatch) WASHINGTON, May 26.\u2014The United States Government gross loss in the operations of the railroads during the federal control was $900,478,-000 according to the fiscal report of the railroad administration director of finance.the new government is operating.; the conclusion of those who witnessed The government has prohibited thej (Continued on Page 12.) 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