Sherbrooke daily record, 15 janvier 1929, mardi 15 janvier 1929

[" Sherbrooke Daily Record Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, QUE., TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1929.Thirty-Second Year.TO TAKE UP GENERAL BOOTH'S ANSWER TODAY Further Improvement In Condition Of King Is Announced General Booth\u2019s Reply Is Handed To High Council 0ÜESH0N OF CROSSINGS TO BE TAKEN DP Bill of Empowering Nature Included in Quebec\u2019s Legislation \u2014Programme Already Drafted.REPLY IS REFUSAL TO ?\tQUIT OFFICE.?\tLONDONWan.15.\u2014 It was ?\tstated in well informed circles -t-lhis afterncon that General Bram- ?\twell Booth\u2019s reply to the High *> Council of the Salvation Army ?\twas a refusal to retire.% *> ¦£¦ , jj» ***\t«j* CONDITION OF 1MSEALF0CH Nature of Answer Was Not Revealed\u2014Not Likely that Any Official Communique Will Be Issued Before Late This Evening\u2014Only Member of Booth family Present at Meeting This Morning Was Evangeline Booth.(Associated Press Despatch) S UNBURY - ON - THAMES, England.Jan.15.\u2014General Bramwell Booth\u2019s reply to the High Council of the Salvation Army, wh.ch has asked him to retire because of the condition ' of his health, was handed to that body tod-y b; Mrs.Bramwell Booth.The nature of the answer was not revealed.The Councd, which had as eembled this morning learn o' the General s attitude, then adjourned until this afternoon, an: it was stated that it w?s not likely\t_\t.nny official communique wouluj pAR;s> Jan_( 15._ Grave anxiety be issued late this evening-\tà beinj experienced throughout After a morning session, reportera i ranee at the serious illness of Fer-end photographers were admitted to rand To eh, Marsha: of France and the grounds for the first time and a Ccm.mander-in-Chief cf the Ali.ed group photograph of the CouncT unies in the closing stages of the was taken.It was noted that the Great War.Ihis morn.ngs repo.ts only absentees were Mrs.Bramwell .ndicated that the Marshal was Booth, Catherine and Mary Booth.*\tsixteen drowned when > VESSEL FO JKDEP.ED « ^ _ - % (Associated Press Despatch) % *\tTROMSOE, Norway, Jan., » & 15.\u2014 Word was received & here today that the British # % * « * & & trawler, Thomas Hardy had & foundered in the eastern 4;.part of the Arctic ocean and that her crew of sixteen had i?drowned.Three German # trawlers, in reporting this, Sÿ said that because of violent -IS weather it was impossible to i?assist the sinking ship.?-I-?* v\t^ ^ ?-F »>-> I QUEBEC, Jan., 15.\u2014 Quebec\u2019s *\t* | legislation to be passed this session STATED GENERAL BOOTH\u2019S *iregarding the abolition a: level-; * * 2 ^ crossings, will be of an empowering nature, it was learned today.The Federal Government and the Beard of Railway Commissioners for Canada have a programme already drafted to this end, and the law to be made effective in the near future will be for the purpose of empowering the Provincial Government.through the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Coucil, to devote such monies as it may deem necessary to co-operation in this saf-ty vork, in such places as it is needed.M\\ Rop! Patients improve While Condition of King George Contimied Satisfactory, Colds Afflicting Queen Mary and Prince George Today Proceeded Normally Without Any Indications of Developing Seriously.ACCLAMATION TAKE ACTION AGAINST EVANGELIST (Associated Press Despatch) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan.15.(Associated Press Despatch) A damage suit for $d53000 was\tyamtaom\tt i z.\tyy/L\u2019I filed in Superior Court yesterday\tT\tONDON,\tJan.Ip.\u2014 mile against Aimee Semple McPherson, | I the condition of King evangelist, by William H.Wheeler,\tGeorge\tcontinued\tsatisfac- architect., and William Greed, build- !\ttory, colds\tafflicting LAMBTON WEST Ross W.Gray, Liberal, Elected by Acclamation to Succeed W.T.! Ippaars fgxsi Usman Question Will Really Re Solved Shortly Goodison\u2014Conservatives Not Enter Candidate.Did (Canadian Press Despatch) SARNIA, Ont., Jan., 15.\u2014Ross W.Gray, Liberal, was declared elected by acclamation as member for Lambton West at the official I nomination here yesterday after- j noon for the Dominion bye-election caused by the death of W.T.Good- j ison, Liberal member, on December ! No Doubt that Negotiators, Who Worked With Full Knowledge of Holy See and Italian Government, if Without Full Authority, Have Reached Agreement on Territorial as Weil as Financial Conditions.-o- \u2014 | * ?¦> -I -y\t\u2022:\u2022 * * \u2022»¦ * + * ¦F KING AMANULLAH HAS ABDICATED The seat had been held by Mr.er.They claimed Mrs.McPherson ; Mary and prince George today 6 Queen1 G°oc^son\u2019 Liberal, since 1925.The, ^\t1 vote in the last general election in that negotiators (Associated Press Despatch) OME, Jan.15.\u2014It appears that the vexed Roman question is really about to be solved.There is no doubt1 R * * ?\u2014 -\tV (Associated Press Despatch) * _NE\\V DELHI, India, Jan.\u2022> 15.\u2014Addication of Amanullah * as King of Afghanistan occur- * red at Kabul at midday yes- * terday.His elder brother, i and Mrs.Booth-Helberg, the General\u2019s youngest sister, the on y member of the family in the group being Evangeline.Commissioner Lamb, press com mittee chairman, when asked if any significance was attached to the ab ser.ce of the Booths, replied: \u2018\u2018Yo must draw your own conclusions.\u201d Commissioner Lamb later said that the Council would meet this afternoon.\"We shall then consider General Booth\u2019s reply, probably at considerable length, and ghal issue a bu1!?-tin during the evening, but at what hour I cannot say.AGED GENERAL SUFFERED A MINOR RELAPSE TODAY SOUTKWOLD, England, Jan., 15.\u2014The strain of the past few days is reported to h~ve affected the condition of General Bramwell B-.ctk adver.!v and be has suffered a minor v lapse whi:b is leaving him a de i iedly skk man at the pre::nt ti: e.\t,\t\u201e Mrs.Bramwell Boot left South-wold by automobile at an _ early hour this morning in a blind ng snowstorm to drive to ; unbury, leaving behind an anxious household watching at the General s bedside; anxious not only because of the strain on the General but because of today\u2019s fateful developments at Sunbury which ^ bear so importantly on the Army s and the connection of the Booth family with the organization.It was understood that tli of the General\u2019s reply to the gestion that he retire were subject of protracted Although it was iomewhat better after a fairly good night but his condition remained \u2022-i.e justifying anxiety.Only two of the six hysicians j who v isited the generalissimo of the Allies yesterday returned to his bedside this morning.They left a few minutes enter issuing a bulletin to the effect that there had been a.slight amelioration in their patient\u2019s condition.Only intimate friends of the im-ily and members of the government were permitted in the house.None of these saw the General.The winner of many gigantic bat-t.t-s was (lighting for his own l:fe .-gainst a heart attack, which struck r.m down yesterday morning while he was lighting the cigar which ha-Utuailv fo.lows his morn.ng coffee.The Marshal was resting \u2019ast evening, but was in a rather exhausted s.ate after the b.tter strug-;.t of the day, in which illness ap-ca;ed at titres as ai^cut to cm-tier lite sturdy defence of the ./eat Warrior\u2019s will to live.Inter-m It tent sinking spells, followed by courageous recoveries, had six decors much worried.At one stage his two daughters were cai.cd to .he bedside with their mother, and many expected that the end was near.But th medical men, upon leaving the house last evening, said .hat the condition of their patient was tfairlv satisfactory, and that they would -.ot return until morning.The doctors issued a short communique in which they said only this: No Doubt\tLine Pro- grammes of Both Canadian Paû:\"c and Canadian National Railways Will Be Referred to It\u2014Latter\u2019s Programme Will Provide for Approximately Five Hundred Miles of New Linas.The King enjoyed a comfortable day after the issuance of a bulletin which was the first since; last Wednesday to record definite improvement in his condition.All the intermediate bulletins had announced that his condition was stationary.RESULT DOES NOT CHANGE STANDING (Associated Press Despatch) OTTAWA, January 15.\u2014 The reached an agreement on territorial as well as financial conditions.The question is now in the hands of the.Pupe and Pre- SECRETARY KELLOGG TO RESUME HIS LAW PRACTICE « (Canad\u2019an Press Despatch) OTAWA, Ont., Jan.15.\u2014 Judging from present In-! dications, the railway committee of the House of Com- : mors will be one of the busiest of the corring session.No doubt the branch line programmes of \u2022oth the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways' will be referred to it.The programme of the Canadian PacTr 1 has already been announced, she Canadian Nation:! programme will provide for approxi matcly five hundred miles o'] new lir.es.Tti the session of 1927.the Canadian National Railways\u2019 three year programme was ratified by parliament and the money voted to carry \u2022it out.The action of parliament came at so early a date that year that the company was able to go ahead with its construction almost at the opening of the season, with the result that it finds itself wit i its 1927 programme well on the way to completion.New Lines in West (.A-sociated Press Despatch) WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan., 15.\u2014Formal announcement that he will retire from the cabinet on March 4.and make his home in St.Paul, has come from Secretary of State, Frank B.Kellogg.It is the Secretary\u2019s intention to resume the practice of law in his home city.« DECIMES TO cacclamation piven to A.W.Gray mier to accept these conclusions :u West Lambton leaves the num-!and decide the time and means of carrying them out.The agreement is based mi ON RAILWAYS ->-0-0-0 * % » % * % Hon.C.A.Dunning, Minister of Railways and Canals, Has No Stat£~snt tc Make Relative to Branch Lines in Western Canada.mi TO SAFEGUARD (Canadian Press Despatch) OTTAWA, Ont., Jan.15.\u2014Hon.C.A.Dunning, Minister of Railways and Canals, declined this morning to comment on the statement of E.W.Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, with] If respect to branch lines in Western , ^ r \u201e _y ; Canada.The Minister remarked 5\tc-,_i & fiw j that he had indicated to the heads of both great Canadian railways .i the wisdom of getting together and Cl\u2018I Ci Acs H2/S Fire Pro\u2019ec\u2019lsa trying to adjust their differences by , r \u2022\u2019\tt conference.He was not aware that! ar.a Iïîi.S;a~ex£ uUi^ar.Ce IS '-.e-e conferences had concluded.flee':: to Safe-utrd This Gifti:;\"edsehnet>Prefen\u2019ed to say nothins at lad Empire.\tThe difference between the Can- ad\u2019an Pacific and Canad'an National is one which, apparently, only the Pari\u2019ament cf Canada can adjust.Failing agreement by the railway .cads as to their resnective con ruction fights in Western and Northwestern Canada, the problem \u2022 change amounts to about $52,631,-! 600.This would compensate for church properties taken by the Italian Government in 1870 by annexation of the papal states.The negotiators were Monsignor Borgongini Duca, secretary of extraordinary affairs at the Vatican, and Monsignor Pacelli, brother of the papal nuncio at Berlin, on the one side; and Professor Gianini and Domenico Barone, the latter until his death recently, on the other.The question is now in the hands of the Pontiff and the Premier to execute a formal agreement upon the conclusions reached embodying the time and ways for carrying them into effect, The impression prevails that some announcement of a scheme of agreement may be given out, perhaps at Easter.Rights of Pope A suggestion that no change should occur in the present territorial conditions of the Holy See was immediatey discarded, there being on both sides a desire that the status of the Pope in Rome be one of liberty and independence, not only real and perfect, but also to all Christianity.To obtain this, it was ____________________\tI decided that the Pope should have Agreement Reached at Meeting Yesterday\u2014Constitutes j smaîhon wMchhe mighTenjoy and One More Step in Effort to Fix Status of Jews in Regard exercise real territorial sovereignty \u2014\t~\t-\t-\twith all rights inherent to it._ A projected strip of land from th® Vatican to the sea was also discarded.Indeed, this scheme was * &\t' abandoned along time ago .5\t| The new papal state under these 6\t; conclusions woud have a position erical strength of the major parties1 in the House of Commons exactly ar it was when Parliament prorogued last June.During recess ther^ have been four bye-elections, and three c£ these have been uncontested.The seats\u2014Joliette and West Lambton\u2014have gone to the Government without a fight, while West York remained in the Conservative folu and was an acclamation.The only contest was in Vic-i toria, where the Conservative can-1 ] didate won by a small majority.on the cession by Italy to the Holy See of a small extension of territory lying southeast of the Vatican gardens, including the villas of Bameleck and Doria-Painphile, with extra territorial rights.Indemnity of $52,631,600 There would also be payment of decided Proposal Te Establish Separate Seheols For Montreal Jewish Children Inadvisable to Educational Matters in Metropolis.for Cs (Canadian Press Despatch) MON - LEAL, Jan.15.\u2014 Aging a policy of reforesation suffic.ently energetic to offset the annual r!e' pletion of Canadian forests in pulp and with Icm of national forest protective lumber production, _ couple! comes before the representatives of a scient.fic an deficient syt- the people to solve.The Railway Committee of the House of Com-\"dllcl ^nd ^ec\u2019n ProPosec! a:\" (Associated Press Despatch) Montreal, Jan.is.\u2014At the; close of a meeting held yes- : terday afternoon between the Protestant Board of School Commissioners and a committee of Jewish citizens appointed to confer witi: the Board on the Jewish school: question, a memorandum embodying the terms of the agreement which \u2022 had been unanimously arrived at was handed to Hon, L.A.David,: Provincial Secretary, for submission to Hon.L.A.Taschereau, Premier of the Province.The terms of the agreement cannot, of course, be disclosed until the ; Government has had an opportunity to study them.It may be stated, however, that the question of establishing to separate Jewish panel, a so!u- MERCURY DROPPED TO FIFTY-EIGHT BELOW ZERO ] something like that of the republic w of San Marino.That small territory.(Canadian Press Despatch) NORTH BAY, Jan., 15.\u2014 Hornepayne, with a temperature of lifty-eight degrees below zero, was yesterday the coidett spot in Northern Ontario, outdistancing its closest rivals, Chapleau and White River, by several degrees.» » * * « * « » * # ! # ft « & & # # if » «\t* 1 although surrounded by Italy, is nevertheless perfectly free and in-! dependent, and enjoys all the pri-i vileges and atributes of sovereignty ; by international law.Financial Question The financial question was the ob jeet of lengthy discussion.On consideration that (he law of guarantees was never accepted by the Holy See and never enforced by the Italian Government in those clauses which require acceptance, it was de- While the company has to com- _______ v\u201e plete the portion of the road for facilities, Ralph P.Bell, of Halifax.mons is the body which reviews all!\u2019'011 °f fke difficulty, was thorough-this which money is voted within three N.S., vice-president and manager ; appiicat;ons for railway charters jly canvassed and felt to be not in years if it is to get a vote, there is of the Canadian Pulpwood Associa lion, addressing a meeting here last nothing to prevent it completing the programme in a short time.Accordingly it will come before parliament with a new programme this session, details of which have not yet been announced, but which will night of the Montreal Young Men\u2019s Canadian Club.\"Here,\u201d said Mr.Bell, \u201cwe have ver fifty million acres as a free gift of nature, well stocked with ance by the mind of man to supply for all time the wood needs, not only of Canada, but of the whole Empire.The challenge is to Canadian business sagacity, to Canadian citizenship and above all to imperial patriotism.\u201d \u201cThe Marshal is sufferirg from a heart attack, necessitating complete the term rest.\u201d sug- ; They added to this that his great HkeI vic]c some five hundred Youn£\tonly waiting adequate the : put alone had carried him past miles of new branch lines for thc hre protectmn and intelhgent gu d-discttSSions.the crisis.Yet they were none too t\tt if not entirely, in the\tv .said last night!optimistic and they explained that west that the General\u2019s communication ; M.Foch was having what probably 0ne of the new lines planned by to the Council was ready for de-, would be only a temporal y truee.the Canadian National Railways will livery late yesterday, it was _unt.u 1 ;\t; 0 }\t, ,\tf0rfr.provide for a cut off connecting stood this morning that there i j \u201c g- >\t8\tj Saskatchewan with the Hudson Bay m^Ind'that the'fS draftfwas ! ' Marsinu Foch, who is seventy- ' Railway, which will make a d_rect Mrs ^ Bramwell Booth\u2019s seven years old, has not been in route for the grain moving from placed in Wr3- «ramweu\t(hc best Qf health in recent months.\u2018hat province to Churchill.hands for e y \u2022\tjbe jiarsbait wbo piaved so pro-]\tC.P.R.1 rogramme minent a part in the Great Battle, The two companies come before cf the Marne during the early days parliament in a somewhat different of the Great War, has been living form, the _C.P.R.asking for chart-in retirement for some time, only ers to build lines and authority to occasionally appearing in the news.1 sell securities to help finance the News oï- the Marshal\u2019s illness construction, the C.N.R.for a vote created consternation at his head- to carry out the work.quarters in the .nvavlides Building.I -*¦- His aides and members of his staff ***\u2022{\u2022\u2022:-\u2022;\u2022 \u2022!\u2022\u2022$\u2022*\u2022¦;** * \u2022!\u2022 * * * * * were deeply affected, and their *\t* manner told mon.plainly \u201d n * \u2022> * * * * * * *\t* *> * * Major L\u2019Hopital, the Marshal\u2019s' _____________\t_____________ ^ favorite aide-de-camp spoke with a] FAIR AND DECIDEDL) COLD app and either recommends them to Parliament cr throws them aside.Thus, the Railway Committee room of the Commons will probably be the scene .f a real battle between file two great systems during the coming session of Parliament.-4- FATAL FIRE AT MONTREAL (Canadian Press Despatch) MONTREAL, Jan.15.\u2014Hiram L.P!per and his wife lost their lives in as Protestants for a five which destroyed their two-torey residence in Westmount, a suburb, today.Death was due to suffocation.BREAKS SILENCE OF MANY YEARS TO EXPLAIN MATTER (Associated Press Despatch) NEW YORK.N.Y., Jan.15.\u2014Mrs.Maud Ballington Booth, co-Conums-sionev with General Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America, yesterday broke what she said a silence of many years to assert that the present controversy in the Salvation Army would make the General's friends feel that his judgment and action of thirty-two years ago in withdrawing from the Army had been vindictive.General Booth and Mrs.Booth make their headquarters In this city.\u201cI have been prompted to write, after many years of silence,\u201d said Mrs.Booth\u2019s statement, \u201cthat the first pioneer of democracy in high command in the Salvation Army may at least be remembered, as he surely will be by those thousands of rlevotod Cbpistian men mid women all over the world who have been forced to retire, as he was, in order to be true to thair con-(Continued on Pago Five.) ibterransan Rivers Constantly Tending To Weaken Foundations Of Large Buildings In London Experts Also Contend that Rubbish, Accumulated Through Long History of City, Has Been Shaken Recently by Enormous Weight of Traffic and Has Caused Subsi- Piotestan+s and Jews in educational matters were cleariv set forth.The the best interests of the community However, action on the terms as agreed upon lies in the hands of the Government.¦ Yesterday\u2019s agreement constitutes one more step in the effort to fix the status of Jews in re^a'-d to educational matters in this city.An act was passed in l 3 by the provincial Legislature which provided that Jews should be regarded all school purposes.Some years ago the question arose as to whether this did not authorize the appointment of Jewish representatives on the Protestant School Board in Montreal, and as to whether in this and other matters thc Act of 1909 was not ultra vires.Referred To Privy Council.The Government appointed a commission to consider the whole question, and on its recommendation the matter was referred to the courts and carried to the Privy founci!.which rendered 'judgment lust pring.In that judgment the rights of cided to repeal it.Thus the annuity certain matters ;\tof 3.226.000 gold lire, which\tthe discussion by j\tPope always refused to accept from and j\tItaly, was not even mentioned in\tthe negotiations.\t.\t.\t\u201e .( The discussion instead dealt\ton icm taking action on their own ;\ttjje compensation to be given\tthe however,, Vatican for church properties taken t.mt the agi cement which has been ! by the Italian Gooernment through th\t~ from the start tha were excluded from the Privy Council judgment, that no agreemen.which might be .:irived at could preveiff ind.viduals submitted will prove acceptable to all fair-minded men in both parties.Harmony Prevailed.Th utmost harmony and good .ill prevailed throughout tha e-gotiations, and at the close of -he meeting yesterday a vote of thanks to Hon.Mr.David for his cm :y and assistance was moved by Principal James myth, chairman of the Protestant Board of Sr no! Commissioners of Montreal, and econded by Mr.David Kirsch, and \u2019ordhlly adopted.While the agreement has reference primarily to the situation in Montreal, it is hoped it will form th basis for the settlement of the question throughout the province.dences.voice that was choking with ©motion while tears welled in his eyes.\u201cYou will understand that I am in no condition to speak about my beloved chief just^now\u2019\u2019, he said.DENY REPORT THAT FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED V CTORIA, B.C., Jan., 15.\u2014 111© Provincial police deny a report that foul play is suspected in the disappearance ctf Leonard Davis and Miss Geraldine Darroch, occupants of th© gas boat Ada R, which was found wrecked several days ago on the shore of Qyoen Charlotte Sound.A very shallow' depression now centred over New York State has caused snow in Southern and Western Ontario.The weather is decidedly cold in nearly all parts of the Dominion.Forecast: Fair and decidedly cold tonight and Wednesday.Northern New England : Snow this afternoon, ending early tonight.Colder tonight, except on the east Maine coast.Wednesday:\tFair, moderate winds, mostly northeast and north.I L (Canadian Press Despatch) o.mJON, Jan., 15.\u2014 London\u2019s subterranean rivers re constantly tending to undermine .the foundations of big buildings I elected on th© surface soil, accord-' ;ng to expert opinion expressed in \u2019 connection with recent earth displacements and other happenings which have alarmed the people of the metropolis.The experts also agree that rubbish, aecu\u2019.r ated through the long history of the city in provincial towns during the last three months.Disquiet exists be- .use ot?the perils which lurk be-! judgment, a solution could b© found problem that has since confronted those two sections ctf the community, has been to ascertain whether, within the four corners of the neath the streets of the city.The satisfactory to all parties.PROPOSED PAM-AMERICAN HIGHWAY IS DISCUSSED This Highway Is to Correct Two Continents anl Will Ex laid from C.tawa to Moiusvideo, Uruguay.first public alarm was created on December 20th, when explosions in Holburn gas mains occurred due to earth displacement.Four other accidents over the week-end were attributed to a similar occurrence.Twenty people were gassed, one mittee was appointed fatally at Hoxton, due to the burst-] the Protestant BoaM Informal conversations have taken place dur.ng the last three months between leading citizens of the Jewish community and the Montreal Protestant School Board.Recently a representative Jewish c.o: i-which met on several mg of a water main.Traffic was1 occasions in the ofl^'e o.\u2019 has been shaken recently by the!dislocated and telephones dicoon-! Mr.David,\tand iT- was fit enormous weight of traffic and hasinected in Ed,.eware Road and the close of yesterday meeting caused subsidences.\ti Bishop Gate.Offices were flooded1 that the muv.oranUum referred to Seventeen such mishaps have and explosions blew \tsituation, tried to glorify any of it.But here, of the system slept, and the result\t™e\u2019 have you heard from in intimate touch, it just seemed] was absolute ^comfort, eas^ grace] ,:« *;* 4* -i* sions proved to have the smallest r< presentation, only two men being ^ held under that classification.The classifications follow: \u2018Agriculture, thirty-two men; skilled laborers, eighty-one men; unskilled laborers, 248 men and twenty-five women; commerce, twenty-four men; pro-tessional, two men; vagrants, thirteen men and twenty-four women; married women, thirty.The largest number of prisoners j proved i.o be of the French nation-aiity, there being 267 men and forty-five women imprisoned in the1 ioeai jail during 1928 under this classification.Other classifications , fellow: English (Canadian), sixty- £ A careful examination of the eyes by an optical specialist is the only dependable way to obtain eye comfort.Call 37 for appoint- McConnell\u2019 s OPTOMETRISTS 54 KING ST.W.TEL.37.D0WNYFLAKE DOUGHNUTS Downyflake Doughnuts revive the memories of olden days and \u201cmother\u2019s cooking.\u201d These dainty, healthy and appetizing doughnuts are made of purest ingredients, fried in Crisco in an automatic machine, untouched by human hands.Don\u2019t bake\u2014cat doughnuts.Allatts \u201cTHE BETTER BREAD\u201d Phones 721-W\u2014724-J.©mV® & Wrist Watches We will take your old watch in part payment on a new one.A.C.SKINNER, LTD.Jewellers Since 1859 Skinner Bldg., Sherbrooke -\u2019ll Now for Winter Sports To enjoy winter sports you need complete and satisfactory equipment.Let us supply you with the necessary articles for all winter pastimes.Skiis, skates, sleds, hockey equipment and snow skates are here to help you enjoy the winter to the utmost.Our prices are reasonable enough to permit purchasing all the necessities.J.S.tilTCHEU & CO.LIMITEE» r wo of the a.leys.At 7.30 o\u2019clo'k given in tomorrow\u2019?.Record.A another alarm wan received for an-, large turnout of member:, ir.expect- ! otner^ outbreak in thc same place, cd for this popular event, but the fire was extinguished with- On Saturday next, January 19th, out further damage.\t1 a regular Ladic*\u2019 night will be held , at the clubhouse.Supper will be served at 6.30 p.m., followed by dancing until midnight.Music will he by Midnight Serenader:: Orchestra.ana Leighton McCarthy, K.C., President E.R.Wood, LL.D., .Vice-President Assurance Co.ESTABLISHED 1847 Herbert C.Cox, Chairman of thc Board T.G.McConkry General Manager SOME OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF THE 82nd ANNUAL REPORT Profits Paid Policyholders in 1928 Total profits paid to policyholders in 1928 amounted to $4,688,000.Surplus Earned During' thc year 1928 the amount of surplus earned was $5,605,000- Benefits Paid in 1928 Out of a total amount of $16,864,550 paid in benefits during 1928, living policyholders received $10,963,819.Profits to be Paid to Policyholders in 1929 A total of $5,646,000 will be paid in profits to policyholders during 1929.Assets for Protection of Policyholders Policyholders are protected by policy reserves amounting to $139,677,000.This is the legal reserve, but thc total assets of the Canada Life are now more than $157,000,000.Total Business Issued in 1928\u2014$177,000,000 Total Insurance in force increased to ___ Total Assets increased to _______________ Reserves for Protection of Policyholders New Assurances paid for in 1928 _________ Total Income for 1928 ___________________ $881,726,000 157.069.000 139.677.000 166.690.000 39,919,000 Increase $111,744,000 16.488.000 14.866.000 20,198,01X1 5,541,COO (A Complete Annual Statement Will Be Mailed Upon Request to Head Office at Toronto) D.L.YOUNG, Provincial Manager, Montreal.H.A.PEABODY, District Manager, Sherbrooke.I I SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1929.nu£ FIVE The Daily Record Published daily, except Sundays, by the Sherbrooke Record Company, Ltd., 69 Wellington Street North, Sherbrooke, Que.ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 9, 1897.Member Canadian Press, Ltd., with drop of leased National New» wire in office\u2014Canadian Press, Associated Press and Reuter's new» service* available.SUBSCRIPTION RATES\u2014Rates strictly in advance, to any address in Canada, Great Britain and the United States: One year, $3.00; six months, $1.75; three months, $1.00; one month, 40c.AN A.B.C.PAPER.The Record is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulationi and the circulation is regularly audited and guaranteed.RADIO BROADCASTING IN CANADA Members of Canada's Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting, namely, Sir John Aird, chairman, Messrs.Charles A.Bowman, of Ottawa, and Augustine Frigon, general director of Technital Education for the Province of Quebec, are at present on a tour of England, France, Switzerland and possibly Germany for the purpose of studying conditions in Europe, following which they will give their attention to the situation in this country.To make reco/nmendations that will result in material improvement in radio broadcasting in this country is the aim of the Commission, or, in the words of Mr.Bowman in an interview.\"Our object is to determine methods by which the standard of radio programmes may be raised and the range of our broadcasting stations increased so that Canada's radio audiences will be eager to listen to Canadian programmes.The various proposals mentioned in our terms of reference are that private broadcasting stations be subsidized by the Government, or that the Government itself should operate its own breadcasting system as the British Broadcasting Corporation does in Great Britain, or that the Provincial Governments of Canada should operate stations of their own.\" Announcement of the intention of the Quebec Government to erect and operate a broadcasting station of its own has already been made, so that the report of the Commission will be awaited with consider:;ble interest.The 1 oronto Globe does not favor placing all broadcasting privileges under the control of the Government, stating, \"So far there has been very little complaint regarding the programmes broadcast by private commercial firms.Most of the companies which make use of the air have at least a certain amount of prestige and self-respect to maintain, and have not as a rule used the radio in such a manner as to merit public condemnation.To place all broadcasting privileges under the control of the Government might be a doubtful experiment on this continent.It does not affect the matter to point to the success of the B.B.C.in the Old Country.Conditions in Britain are different from those in Canada or the United States, and what succeeds in the one country might be a dismal failure in the other.The matter will require careful consideration and delicate handling.CANADA\u2019S COLLEGE GRADUATES Quite frequently the criticism is heard that an increasingly larger number of Canadian university graduates arc taking up residence in the United States, but a survey of the situation do?s not bear out this contention.In fact, Canada s wonderful progress during the past few years has served to offer promising positions to university trained men, and a check up of the situation shows that eighty-five per cent, of the Arts men and women of McGill University are in the Dominion; 92.9 of the University of Manitoba's graduates have remained in their native country, of Toronto University\u2019s graduates 82