Sherbrooke daily record, 6 février 1929, mercredi 6 février 1929

[" Sherbrooke Daily Record Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, QUE., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1929 Thirty-Second Year.VATICAN CONFIRMS REPORT OF A SETTLEMENT Government Control Of Electric Energy In Province Urged Nationalization Of Electricity Was Advocated FIGURES GIVEN BY DIFFERENT CITY CHURCHES During Fast Year There Were 749 Births, 201 Marriages and 240 Deaths, According to Figures Prepared by Priests and Ministers of All Churches.In Answer to Question by Premier Taschereau, William Tremblay, Conservative Member for Maisonneuve (Montreal), Said that He Spoke for Himself Only in Urging Government Ownership of Electrical Ener-by of Province.(Canadian Press Despatch) Quebec.Que., Feb.6.\u2014 Government ownership' of the electrical energy of the province was advocated in the Quebec Legislative Assembly yesterday by William Tremblay, M.L.A., for Maisonneuve, when the debate on the budget was resumed.In answer to a questior.: according to figures furnished to by Premier L.A.Taschere#!., \u2018he .City Clerk by the priests and Mr.Tremblay said that he spoke for himself only in urging nationalization, and that if the Opposition came into power and did not adopt this view he would be against the then government as he was against the present government in this matter.Other speakers o-f the afternoon sitting were Cleophas Bastien, Liberal, of Berthier, who urged higher sal- .Alderic Blsin, j During the past year there were 749 children born in Sherbrooke, 201 marriages and 340 deaths, of the different city » « » FOUR KILLED AND OVER THREE THOUSAND INJURED IN STRIKE RIOTS (Associated Press Despatch) COLOMBO, Ceykn, Feb.6.\u2014Four were dead, sixty were in hospitals and an es- # timated three thousand others & were injured in varying de- # grees in yesterday\u2019s strike & & riots here, a check today % % showed.\t& % The disturbances, which # #\tbegan yesterday when 15,- # 000 striking harbor and rail- S way workers marched on po- © #\tlice headquarters, subsided \" & during the night.\t& BRITAIN LEADS WHOLE WORLD IN SHIPBUILDING *.;* GREENLAND BASKING IN « \u2022»\tSUNSHINE\t« # - * iS (Associated Press Despatch) * if COPENHAGEN, Denmark, & Feb., 6.\u2014 While snow lies * Output in Great Britain and Ireland Last Year Amounted to 53.G p.c.of World Total\u2014 Clyde Yards Oui:put Exceeded ^ that of Germany and Holland \"S, Combined.\t| « thick on ice bound Europe, * Sreeniand, the proverbial ice box of the world, is basking # in sunshine and last night # boasted that the temperature ft reached fifty degrees fahren- ft heit during the day.\tft The same wireless report ft to the Colonial Office said ft that there was practically no ft snow or ice and that seal ft hunting and fishing were ft going on as in summer time.A BRITISH GOVT.IS DISCUSSING PENNY POSTAGE London Papers\u2019 Views On Passage Of Naval Bill By U.S.Senate Since Canadian Government Reduced Postage Rate There Has\t- ft- Been Increased Demand for London nmes Expresses Belief j Similar Action in Great Britain.! *hat There Is No Need to Be ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft LONDON, Fob., G.\u2014Britain still leads the world in shipbuildi eg, according to Lloyds official figures issued today.They show the output in Great Britain and Ireland last year amounted to 5?.6 per cent of the world total, or exactly the same percentage as in 1927.From the Clyde yards alone the tonnage launched amounted to 571,948 x-| ceeding the combined output of ! Germany and Holland, the next two j most productive countries.| Tonnage launched .1 Britain \u2022 nd I Ireland last year increased by 220,-|000 over the previous year, where- -\tI as the increase in shipbuilding Had a Restful Night and This^brcad amounted to 194,OOO tons.°\t- j Prospects £or this vsar s industry CONDITION OF MARSHAL FOCH REMAINS SAME ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft » ft- ¦ ft ft & & TRIBUNAL DECIDED THAT CZECHOSLOVAKIA HAS TO COMPENSATE HUNGARIANS PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovgkia, Feb.c]leqUar\ttj,e pr0p0sai was to C.\u2014Advices received yesterday from b\u201e 1 \u2019iHp,.Pri in nnnWti™ with (Canadian Press Despatch) LONDON, Feb.6\u2014Penny postage | is becoming a frequent topic of discussion in the House of Commons.It came up again yesterday when replying to a question from W.C.Robinson, (Labor, 'Welland) regarding the desirability of re-establish-; ing the penny rate on letters | throughout the Empire and the cost j of such a step, Right Hon.Winston ; Churchill, Chancellor of the Ex lay Further Disarmament Negotiations\u2014\u201cClearly There Is Time for Inquiry, and Still; * More Clearly There Is Need ^ for It,\u201d Times Says in Editorial ft Today.(Canadian Press Despatch) ' ONDON, Feb.6.\u2014P assige by the United States Senate of its naval building bill drew varying editorial com QUEEN MOTHER OF SPAIN DEAD ft ft L' the Hague state that the Hungarian , the suggested reductio-n in the rate\t.\t.\t, Czecno-Slovak mixed arbitral tn-, for in]and post;,ge and would prob_,ment from London papers today, buna! has decided that Czecho-Slo- (Associated Press Despatch) ft MADRID, Feb., 6.\u2014Maria ft Christiana, Queen Mother of ft Spain, died at the Royal ft \\ ft Palace at 3:30 a.m.today.ft ft Her son, Alfonso XIII, ft King of Spain, and members ft ft of the Royal family were at ft ft her bedside when the end ft ft came after a sudden illness ft ft which quickly sapped her ft ft strength.\tft ft\tft vakià must ,\t¦ compensate Archduke ; The Chancellor of the Exchequer that there is no need to Friedrich of Hungary, former field * added that the i ably cost some $30,000,000.The Times expressed a belief delay I negotia- Cif this number 665 of the births registered were in the Catholic Churches and 84 in the Protestant Churches, with 156 Catholic m?r-riages compared with forty-five in the Protestant Churches.The number of Catholic deaths is placed at 278 and Protestai!' at 62.The births, including both Catholic and Protestant Churches, for the previous year totalled 815, with 252 ,\t, v\tmarriages and 311 deaths.,nes for teachers; Alder c Blam CotJderi the vear.s figures as Conservative, Donon, Montreal and benveen ^ ^ French k.J.Hugues Fortier, Liberal Beauce.ciUzenSiKtho uumber o{ Enghsh Claims Debt Increased.\t| births, marriages and deaths were Mr.Tremblay insisted that, de-j 11.5, 58 and 78 respectively, leaving «pile the Government claim of using i\u2019s equipment.cruisers and an airplane carrier.The\tWI ¦ ta^,e p a^e al>0^ measure, approved a year ago by j ^ o clock this evening but there will the House, must be returned there \u2019\tn- lruerl uPt\u2018on \"hatev er to the for the consideration of min0r skensubscribers will not amendments befor* it is sent to Pre- ! fbe.awar.e that anything unusual is : taking place when the operating ser-; vice is transferred from the old ex-.change to the new.I Mr.T.J.Harding, of Sherbrooke, general manager of the company, states that ample provisions has I been made for the future development of the service in Richmond and'the surrounding country by tha installation of ample switchboard ! facilities and the construction of ; bout 9,000 feet of new cable through out the town.j Mr.Harding extends a cordial invitation to all who would like to inspect the new office and exchange, and view the new up-to-date equipment which has been installed.The company is justly proud of their new installation at Richmond, which compares most favorably with any telephone exchange of similar size in the country.In opposition to the wishes of the i President, the bill as passed contained a stipulation that construe- ! tion shall be started before July 1,| 1931.It makes it mandatory tha; five of the cruisers be laid down be- ¦ fore next July 1, five durin tha next fiscal year and five the following year.The airplane carrier must be begun before July 1, 1930.The programme embraces a $274,-900,000 appropriation, including $17,- ; 000,000 for each of the fifteen cruisers and $19,000,000 for the carrier, _ Mr, Coolidge had asked that decision as to the time for beginning construction be left with the Presi- tionnaire Shows that Large Majority Want Protection HELP IN BOOMER MYSTERY Communists who had compelled the One of Most Sensational Rumors Was that He Was Beine i_____a rv.A- r\\.A_.i _£\tu________.\t.\tgovernment to submit to another r- -i i r i->\t-\tt .ft h of Import Duties\u2014Output of Twelve Representative British Firms Fell Nearly Four Million Square Yards in Four Years\u2014Total Output of Industry Shows Twenty-Five Per Cent.Decline.L ONDON, Feb., 6.\u2014 As the hearing of the application of woollen textile manufacturers of Yorkshire for a safeguarding duly on woollen ti sues and fabrics before the Board ci! Trade Committee continued yesterday, .he chairman, Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, said the committee was n-animously agreed o>.the opinion that the present reference was soL-ly in respect to import duties on certain specified categories of woven (.issues and fabrics.I did not cover, lie pointed out, safeguarding duties on made up or manufactured articles into which the tissues ,nd fabrics in question might l ave entered.Sidney Illingworth, chairman of the wool section ctf the Federation o! British Industries gave evidence that since the last application for .afeguarding in 1926, fourteen firms in Bradford had been compelled to dose down.A questionnaire, he said, had been sent, to five hundred firms in the United Kingdomimade and out of P31 replies, 262 were in favor of a safeguarding duty, twenty six were opposed and forty-six were non-committal.There was 10 important section cf the wool or w rsted industry, ho declared,which did not support the application for duty.Clothes in respect of which sr.ifo-guarding was required, he explain- Dr.Maximilian LangsncT Paid $823.bO for Servîtes in Case of Rex vs.Bocher.EDMONTON, Alla., Feb.6.-Dr.Maximilian Lahgsner, Viennese criminologist, was paid the sum of $023.-60 by the Alberta government for his services in the case of Rex versus Booher.The figure was given in a return asked for yesterday in the Alberta legislature, by J.S.Haw, Liberal leader.Langsner assisted the Alberta pro- vote of confidence on Thursday.At j the finish of M.Scapini\u2019s address 1 the entire chamber vigorously ap- ! plauded as they watched an atten- | dnnt guide the blind deputy to his seat.NOTED ATHLETE KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHED.OTTAWA, Ont., Feb.6.\u2014Word was received here today that J.G.\u201cJerry\u201d Ault, died at Camp Borden this morning.Mr.Ault, a prominent athlete of this city, was in training at Camp Borden and crashed yesterday while on a solo flight.His plane went into a tail spin.Lxilsd from Russia and that He Was Aboard Soviet Vessel Krasnyflott\u2014This Rumor, However, Is Officially Denied\u2014Turkey Said to Be in Dark as to Whether For-1 mer Red Army Leader Was in Ruscia or Aboard Vessel.^ent tbe bill provides only that he may suspend operations in whole SHIPrai OF GOLD FROM ! ENGLAND EXPECTED TODAY Approximately $15,700,000 in L ed, were chiefly ladies dress goods vincial police in the investigation of made from single and two fold yarns which took the place of similar clothes manufactured by the worsted industry of Bradford.In 1922, Mr.Illingworth stated, more than 800,000 garments had been imported, and in 1928 there were nearly 1,600,000 shipped in.The output u\" twelve representative British firms had fallen from 13.942.000\tsquare yards in 1924 to 10.089.000\tin 1928, lie continuel, and the total output of the indift-try had declined by about twen\u2019y-five per cent.Mr.Illingworth said evidence in support of statements make my statements sufficiently on the desirability 1.1.\u2019 safeguarding,wculd regarding foreign bo given in camera.prices be crime.He was employed upon (Associated Press Despatch) Hie recommendation of the British! NEW YORK.Feb.6.\u2014Approxi-1 Columbia provincial police.\t! mately $15,700,000 in gold was en- Yernon Booher was recently con- caged in London for the account of; victed of murdering his mother, bro-jNew York bankers yesterday, the! (her and two farm hands.He was single day\u2019s takings exceeding' the ! - - tied (Associated Press Despatch) ONDON, Feb.6.\u2014After almost a week of constantly conflicting reports, the exact whereabouts of Leon Trotzky, one-time _ ., _\t- \u2022 i\tr I lC3