Sherbrooke daily record, 4 septembre 1935, mercredi 4 septembre 1935

[" forbrookr üaüg Ifrorî» Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1935.Thirty-Ninth Year.FEARED OVER FIVE HUNDRED HAVEræVÆKE LOST LIVES IN FLORIDA TORNADO War Veterans Construction Camps Scenes of Greatest Suffering as Hurricane, Accompanied by Great Walls of Water, Swept Over Florida Keys \u2014 Rescue Train Sent into Stricken Area Reported Wrecked\u2014Red Cross Places Preliminary Estimates of Lives Lost at Five Hundred.All News of Government Activities in Future to Be \u201cHanded Out\u201d by Government News Bureau if Social Credit Premier Has His Way.Miami, September 4.\u2014Destruction of war veterans construction camps on the Florida Keys, some of them swept by high walls of water rolling in from raging seas, brought today rapidly-increasing fears of a terrific death toll from the hurricane roaring over the Gulf area.A searching party from Miami réported by wireless to the Red Cross an estimated loss of life of five hundred.Devastation was heaviest in the camps of the veterans, engaged in building a highway down the Keys to Key West.One of these camps was demolished.Another was a mass of wreckage.A rescue train, sent down the Keys on Monday to bring hack the veterans, was reported wrecked.This information came from a Coast Guard plane which surveyed the area early today.Survivors at Camp Number One, the construction site farthest to the north, said the train had passed through there, intending to pick up the veterans there on the return trip.Walls of water as high as fifteen feel poured continuously over these Keys for hours as the hurricane raged up from the Atlantic, across the lip of Florida and into the Gulf.Once in the Gulf, the path of the storm was northerly.It centered this morning to the west of Clearwater and gales were expected by coast towns.Everywhere the hurricane warning was out: two square flags, red with black centres, one flown above the other.Ships were kept to port.A message from St.Petersburg, the first since the storm swerved up 4- the West Florida coast, said the tide Edmonton, Sept.4.\u2014Répertoriai enterprise will be a thing of the past at the legislative buildings if present plans of the new Social Credit Government are carried out, it was declared today.Ihon.J.W.Hugill, K.C., Attorney-General, and Dr.Victor Wright, close friends of Premier William Aberhart, announced that the administration soon would inaugurate what newspapermen term a \u201chandout bureau.\u2019\u2019 Premier Aberhart, they said, would operate a \u201cGold Fish Bowl\u201d Government, his press bureau publicizing each department of government.News from the Government, it was said, would be \u201cdished out on platters\u201d to reporters after being handled by the Government news bureau.ETHIOPIAN TENSION SOMEWHAT EASED TODAY WITH WITHDRAWAL OF OIL CONCESSIONS The Ethiopian tension was somewhat eased today with the withdrawal of the gigantic territorial concession Ethiopia granted to United States interests last week.After consultation with the State Department in Washington, the Standard-Vacuum Oil Corporation announced it would withdraw from the arrangement.This also made clear that no other interests were involved.British, French and Italian delegates at Geneva conferred shortly before Ihe first private meeting of the League of Nations Council.It was announced the British and French jointly had drafted a report on the abortive Paris peace negotiations, although it will not be presented jointly to the Council.The British believe the report acceptable to the Italians.Discussion at Geneva is expected to be protracted.The initial problem is to reach an agreement on the procedure to be adopted.From Rome came statements Italy was confident of victory in the Council sessions.CALGARY SEEKING LARGE LOAN FROM GOVERNMENTS NEW QUEBEC SCHOOL READY Quebec, Sept.4.\u2014The Jesuit Fathers took possession of the new St.Charles Garnier School here yesterday and to mark the occasion a dinner was held bringing together the priests of the institution and the architects and contractors of the building.Pupils will be admitted tomorrow.On September 25th and 26th the school will be blessed and other ceiemonies unfolded in the presence of Cardinal Villeneuve.flFVFI AND TO HAYE ELECTION LADS TO ADIT FOR A COUNCIL! HIDDEN WEALTH City Council Empowers Mayor to Seek Loan of $500,000 to Meet Current Expenses of City \u2014Economy Suggestion Rejected.Calgary, Sept.4.\u2014Mayor Andrew Davison has authority from the City Council to continue negotiations with both the Alberta and Dominion Governments for a loan of $500,OOP.When he placed civic finance problems before the Council, Mayor Davison last night was empowered to act.Unless a loan was obtained, he told the Council, the city would have to default on bond interest and other payments.The Mayor will meet Premier Aberhart in Edmonton on Thursday to solicit support for a federal loan.\u201cThe city should live within its income,\u201d said Alderman W.A.Lincoln in opposing additional loans.BRITAIN REORGANIZES DEFENCES AS LEAGUE OPENS AFRICAN STUDY was rising rapidly and the seas were heavy.Property damage was reported only as \u201cconsiderable.\u201d No loss of life was reported.From St.Petersburg came the further word: \u201cHave no knowledge of conditions at Clearwater and Tarpon Springs.\u201d The five hundred estimate was for the Keys area only.Refugees from the veterans\u2019 camp on unprotected Matecumbe Key told of the force of the hurricane.All of the buildings but one were crushed like small boxes as the wall of water surged over the thin strip of land.Persons were washed into the sea and those who reached a safe spot were powerless to help them.A mother and her six-year-old daughter were rescued after clinging to wreckage all night, ; their clothing ripped to shreds by ed for the 245.seats is greater than the wind and water.\twhen nominations closed for the William Cawthorn, one of the ! past two elections, veterans who survived the disaster j ' Indications are that when the on Mate combe Key, said eighty per- country\u2019s 5,948,503 eligible electors WITH NOMINATIONS MONTH AWAY, CANDIDATES NEAR RECORD TOTAL Eleven More Candidates So Far Seeking Support of Electors than After Closing of Nominations in 1930\u2014Liberals Lead with 214 Candidates\u2014Mackenzie King Charges Conservatives Plan to Issue Call for National Government to Becloud Voting Issue; w ith more than a month remaining before Canadians choose .the members of the Dominion\u2019s eighteenth Parliament, the number of candidates nominat- CANADA FLOATS LOAN AT LOWEST RATE IN HISTORY September 11 Fixed by Minister of Municipal Affairs for Appointment of New Council to Replace Mayor and Six Aider-men Who Resigned Last Month.sons lost their lives.Computing of the death list was made difficult inasmuch as groups of veterans were scattered all about the cams;.At Tavernier, on Plantation Key, adjoining the Matecumbe, a Red vote on October 14th there will be at least nine hundred candidates in the field.There have been 556 nominations to date, eleven more than after-nomination day in 1930.At the 1926 election there wers 534 candidates Cross report said at least one hun- seeking office and in 1925 the num-J~\u2018J\ti-ti.j ci 1\u2014 \u2022*\t-\u201c ber totalled 579.dred were killed.Seventy-five or more were reported dead in the first despatches from Rock Harbor.With the hurricane shifting its fury to the west coast of Florida, full intensity was looked for in the neighborhood of Cedar Key, ninety miles or so north of St.Petersburg.The one thousand two hundred residents of Cedar Keys are connected with the mainland by only a narrow causeway.Many persons evacuated the town, while others sought shelter in brick buildings.STORM COMPLETELY WIPED OUT ONE VETERANS\u2019 CAMP Most of Quebec\u2019s candidates have yet to be chosen.The slate in other parts of the country is not yet com- | j plete and the Reconstruction party, i -which announced its intention of ! placing a candidate in every riding, 1 | j has so far nominated only fifty-one | ' candidates.The Liberals lead the nominations j with 214 candidates.In second placo ! ; are the Conservatives with 156.The j ; Co-Operative Common-Wealth Fed-, eration has 116 candidates in the | j field.In addition there are nineteen j 4 candidates seeking office as independents or under miscellaneous affiliations.I Ottawa, Sept.4.\u2014 Finance ; Minister Rhodes announced to- j day the Government had rais- ! I ed a loan of $20,000,000 in i New York for five months ! ; bearing the lowest interest i rate ever obtained on Doiuin- | , ion administration borrowings, j I The loan, running from Sep- ! tember 1 to February 1, 1936, j bears interest of three-quart- ; ers of one per cent.It was 1 obtained from a group of Can- j adian and United States banks j 1 and will be used to retire j Grand Trunk Railway- Com- 1 I pany of Canada seven-per-cent, i debentures due October 1 i : which are payable in New | York.\tj A statement by the Finance i Minister said the amount outstanding on the issue was $23,- | 740,000 and that the sum required additional to the amount raised by loan would be provided from other sources.Jacksonville, Fla., Sept.4,\u2014A coast guard plane reported to hcad-quaters here by wireless this morning that the veterans\u2019 camp Number Five was demolished and of one of the trains sent to Keys to rescue the veterans only the engine was left standing on the track with all cars overturned.The Coast Guard sent two planes out from Miami early this morning to survey the hurricane-swept Florida Keys.The message added the Number One camp was \u201ccompletely demolished.\u201d It was the first, definite news of the train or of the Number Five Camp in MatecumOje.ORGANIZATION OF YOUTH MOVEMENT URGED Sylvan Lake, Alta., Sept.4.\u2014Organization of a youth movement throughout Canada was urged here at the Alberta Youth Conference.It was felt the movement should be developed so that a national congress might be called next, June.»- «I ¦ THE WEATHER ¦9fi COOL WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS.Pressure is high over Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, also from Saskatchewan southward over the northwest states, while a disturbance of moderate intensity centred just north of Lake Superior is causing strong winds with rain in the region of the Great Lakes.The tropical disturbance now appears to be centred west of Tampa, Fla.The weather has been fair in Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, also over Alberta while light showers have occurred in southeastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.Forecast: Fresh In strong southeast winds with rain.Thursday\u2014 fresh to strong winds, shifting to west and northwest; cloudy and cool with scattered showers.Temperatures yesterday: Maximum, 75; minimum, 32.Same day last year: Maximum, 85; minimum, 54.i The line-up to\t\tdate\tfolio\tws :\t\t \tSeats\tCon.Lib\t\t.CCF\tR,\tOthers P.E.r.\t.\t4\t3\t4\t0\t0\t0 Nri S.\t.12\t8\t10\t0\t2\to N.B .\t.10\t3\t10\t0\t1\t0 Quebec .\t.65\t24\t40\t4\t1\t2 Ontario .\t.82\t63\t73\t49\t41\t¦1 Manitoba\t.17\t14\t17\t13\t0\t7 Saak.\t.21\t17\t20\t21\t2\t0 Alberta .\t.17\t8\t17\t13\tO\t2 B.C\t\t.IS\t10\t16\t16\t4\t3 Yukon\t1\t1\t1\t0\t0\t1 Total .\t.245\t136\t214\t116\t51\t19 Cleveland, Que., Sept.4.\u2014The po-litical clouds on the local municipal front are drifting away\u2014carrying with them the storms, that wrecked the entire Council and left the good ship Cleveland battered and stranded on a turbulent sea without a captain and crew.\u201cSteady, boys,\u201d the old veterans encourage during the nightly sessions of townsfolk at the general store\u2014\u201cjust one move week and we\u2019ll be sailing along safely again.\u201d For they are going to elect a new Council on September li.About a month ago Cleveland lost its Council\u2014completely.First Gagne and Desmarais, waving Superior Court documents with great zeal and enthusiasm.went after the mayor\u2014R.A, McArthur.That was the start.Mr.McArthur abandoned the ship in the face of Court proceedings demanding his disqualification for a number of reasons\u2014-including the claim that he had received $150 for attending sessions of the Council, that he had rented his gasoline buggy to the municipality, that he had valued his services for inspecting the roads at four dollars, and that he had repaired some of the municipality\u2019s machinery and received remuneration for his work.Mr.McArthur confessed judgment.He lost his mandate and was automatically barred from holding public office for five years.Then the crew followed the captain.That was bad.It brought about an unparalleled situation.The entire Council handed in its resignation.The Council comprised J.\\Y.Costello.Aime Tremblay, Thomas H.Faulker, Donald Perkins, Herbert Coles and Nelson Lampron.But Messrs.Gagne and Desmarais had not completed their work.They fyled action against Faulker, in spite of the fact he had resigned! The action, based upon the Statutes of Quebec, is at present pending in Superior Court.In this action, the complainants ask the Court to bar Good Fortune and Adversity of Two Onee-Penniless Youths Who Unearthed Treasure from Musty Cellar Reads Like Story Book Romance.Baltimore, Md., Sept.4.\u2014Good fortune and adversity conflicted today in the manner of a story book romance for two onee-penniless youths who unearthed a golden treasure from a musty cellar.The theft of $5,000 in gold and $3,100 in currency from the home of one led to the revelation the boys had found a second treasure trove, valued at $10,000.The two lads, Theodore Jones and Henry Grob, about a year ago unearthed several thousand gold coins from the dank cellar floor beneath Jones residence.After extended litigation they won the right to keep the gold.The coins were sold at Auction last August for $20,000.The boys did not reveal their second find of $10,000 until yesterday, .when police began investigating the robbery at the apartment where Theodore Jones lives with his mother and step-father, Philip A, RurnmeL The $5,000 of gold and the $3,100 in currency that constituted his life savings were stolen from a trunk in the second floor rear apartment last night, Rummel told police.DAM TO BE ERECTED AT VICTORIA VILLE Quebec Sept.4\u2014The town of Vic-toriaville intends erecting a dam on the NicOjet River, according to announcement in the Quebec Official Gazette.The purpose of the dam is to store the water of the river to regulate the flow and ensure a uniform supply to waterworks systems and mills and a constancy of hydraulic power.Specifications of the undertaking have been forwarded to the Quebec Minister of Lands and Forests.Control of Far-Flung British Territorial Army Transferred from Under-Secretary for War to Army Council to Provide for Closer Co-operation with Regular Army \u2014 Prospects for Early Solution of Crisis Wane as Italy Prepares Long Case Against Ethiopia\u2014Withdrawal of Both Britain and Italy from League a Possibility.L ondon, September 4.\u2014Ramsay MacDonald, acting Prime Minister, flew today from Lossiemouth, Scotland, in the vanguard of cabinet ministers returning to Whitehall to be ready for swift action if warranted by developments at Geneva.Prime Minister Baldwin will return from France tomorrow to take command of the home front in the Itaio-Ethiopian dispute.Prospects for the rapid solution of (be crisis waned in the wake of news from Geneva that the Italian delegation bad brought eight bulky packing cases filled with documentary evidence alleging Ethiopia\u2019s \u201cbarbaric unfitness\u201d to continue as a League member.Mounting uneasiness that bayonets might not be confined to a colonial quarrel in Africa, but might reflect their deadly glint in Europe was evidenced in' another move to tighten the Empire\u2019s defences.The War Office announced a change in Great Britain\u2019s far-flung territorial army to conform with the regular army.This measure, following the reinforcement of Malta and Aden and the despatching of the Mediterranean fleet to Suez waters, left no doubt that the Government is taking all precautions.Concerning the Territorial army, the War Office announced it had made the Army Council directly responsible for the effectiveness of the 136,0(10 members of the Territorial forces.The administrative change was announced to become effective on October 1st.It is designed to bring the Territorials into closer co-operation with the regular army.Previously the Territorials were under supervision of the Under-Secretary for War.CANCELLATION CLEARS CRITICAL ATMOSPHERE ON OIL CONCESSIONS * SKIRMISHING AT GENEVA STARTED THIS MORNING Geneva, Sept, 4.\u2014The kirr,Ashing preliminary to League of Nations discussion of the Itaio-Ethiopian problem opened here today.For the first time since the abortive three-power conversations in Paris, Anthony Eden, of Britain, Premier Laval, of France, and Bar-i on Pompeo di Aloisi, of Italy, met.Action of United States Government in Causing American Concern to Cancel Concession Removes Lingering Suspicion in Italy that British Were Somehow Interested ;\thtëS'&SS m otartimg Ueal\u2014Uil Company Executive Denies that ; which Eden will submit to the Council this afternoon.Any Cash Advances Provided for in Concession.W BRITAIN DETERMINED TO PREVENT POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC CONFLICT WITH ITALY.CHURCH OF ENGLAND ANNUAL SESSION AT CALGARY.Calgary, Sept.4.\u2014Leaders of the ; Church of England will meet in j annual session here September 13th to 21st.The House of Bishops and the executive boards, along with Anglican laity members, will discuss the work of the church of Canada.Faulker from holding public office for five years.In the meantime Secretary-Treasurer W.R.Stevens has been steering Cleveland along.But steering Cleveland along is more than one man\u2019s job.Mr.Stevens consequently communicated with the Minister of Municipal Affairs at Quebec, explaining the situation.The Minister of Municipal Affairs has ordered an election for September 11, when a brand new slate of officers will be appointed.NEW ANGLES IN GERMAN RACIAL RESCUE CRAFT PREPARE TO SAVE WAR DEVELOP! HUNDREDS ABOARD STRICKEN SHIP Geneva.Sept.4.\u2014 Anthony Eden, British delegate, assured I 1 the League of Nations Council | ! today that there can he no ques- s I tion of any political or economic 1 conflict between Great Britain I and Italy.U.S.MAGAZINE AGAIN CENSORED London, September 4.\u2014The News Chronicle said today a United States magazine has been censored for the second week in succession, a page understood to refer to a visit by the Prince of Wales to the Riviera being torn out of all copies ashington, Sept.4.\u2014 The Ethiopian oil concession was cleared up today\u2014and cancellation will follow.After four days of international bewilderment following announcement that Ethiopia, on the probable eve of invasion by Italy, had deeded half its territory to foreign interests for exploitation, it was definitely established the \u201cAfrican Development and Exploration Corporation\u201d was a subsidiary of Standard-Vacuum Oil of the United States, wholly owned by the latter corporation.Standard-Vacuum,, following con-sulation with the State Department of the United States Government, now has cancelled the concession, and Emperor Haile Selassie is leing informed to that effect.In addition to completely remov- The document, prepared jointly by the British and French delegations, was declared accepta! Ie to the Italians.After Eden submits it, laval will endorse it and s*ate the French viewpoint.Eden this morning also discussed the situation with Tccle Hawariate, the Ethiopian delegate, and Prof.Gaston Jeze, Ethiopian representative on the Ualual Concoliatioia Commission.The Council's first meeting is a private one to discuss under which article of the Covenant the Ethiopian appeal against Italy shall bo heard.ITALIANS CONFIDENT THEY WILL WIN LEAGUE VICTORY wholesale newsdealer before it was delivered to London newsstands.ALBERTA READY FOR MONETARY REFORM POLICY RECIPROCITY PROMISED WITH LIBERAL ELECTION Although Decrying Persecution, Nazi Leader Declares \u201cWe Shall Not Allow Foreign Race to Live Among Our People.\u201d to -\u2014\t.\t| Berlin, Sept.4.\u2014 Confusion re- Winnipeg, Sept.4.\u2014Election of a turned today to Nazi relations with Liberal Government in the federal ; Catholics and Jews, elections October 14th, would as-; Leader Hans von Jagow told a sure increased trade and open the meeting of 15,000 Brown Shirts; way for reciprocity with the Uni- /\u2018Wc do not want persecution of the ted States, declared Premier Hep- Jews, but we shall not permit a burn, of Ontario, in an address here foreign race to live among our last flight.\tI people.\u201d Launching the Liberal campaign .Von Jagow, who spoke at a closed in Manitoba, Mr.Hepburn suggested ! meeting, asked the aid of the Storm a conference between \u201cthose two , Troops to \u201ccarry this problem to the great Liberals,\u201d Right lion.Mac- [last man of our people,\u201d by word of kenzie King, Liberal Leader, and month and not by individual acts.President Roosevelt, of the United j The Catholic question became Slates.\t; vital again after a pause broken by To provide the opportunity for i last Sunday\u2019s pastoral letter\u2014which such a conference to take place, ; exhorted Catholcs to \u201cstand in the the electorate should send a Lib-i faith\u201d\u2014with a police order in Ham-eral administration into power at burg forbidding the wearing of Ottawa.Three of the remedial ; uniforms by Catholic Youth groups, measures required from the next ! Only organizations of a \u201cpufely Government at Ottawa, Premier ! religious nature\u201d are exempt from Hepburn said, were unemployment the order, which forbids political and reform, revision of the British North j athletic activities among the young American Act and development af\u2018people\u2019s units and makes it illegal Masters of Rescue Vessels Confer on Best Method of Procedure to Rescue 372 Persons Aboard Liner Dixie, Grounded Off Florida Coast\u2014Ill-Fated Ship Reported Resting Easily Despite Terrific Pounding Against Reef.Rome, Sept.4.\u2014Italy was confident today that it would win a ing the lingering suspicion in Italy! L\"66?!'1® diplomatic victory in the that the British were somehow in-1 Lorun,cl1 of,the L?agU3 of Nations.- -,-j terested in the startling deal an-' Jnforme.d .cu'c!es 'vei'e convinced sold in Great Britain.One page of|nounced Friday night, the cancel-¦1'eat Britain would abandon any the August 13 issue of the magazine, lation was believed today to have | e.^ort; t0 obtain support for impost-bearing a reference to the Duke and erased all chance of United States t'\u2018on sanctions.Duchess of Kent, was torn out by aj entanglement in the Itaio-Ethiopian I News of Secretuiy of State Hull s \u2019 \u2019\t'\t\u2019\t\u2019\t' '\t'* dispute.\tj announcement in Washington of the The question of another Ameri-lyB-hdrawal of the American interest can oil and mineral concession re-j'n the Ethiopian oil concession caus-mained to be settled.This is held : °d little less than a sensation, and by Leo Y.Chertok, New York j lïluch jubilation, broker, who said he received the; After recovering from the sur-concession as security for a loan of j prise over the confirmation that the $1,000,000 to be raised by October ; enterprise had a bona fide American l\u201dth'\tj connection, informed circles pointed Despite the fact that the Rickett!out this seeming deflation qt the concession has been widely herald-! economic \u201cbuffer\u201d left Ita\u2019y in a ed as involving $50,000,000, George! stronger position than ever S.Maiden president of Standard-1 It not only presented to the world Vacuum distinctly said that the |in dramatic fashion further evidence , \u201e ,\t\u201e\tW tPo\u20190Æd \u2022f°1' no,P?yment 0r!0f the perfidy of Emperor Haile New Social Credit Government m£,nt ®Pi!|a\u2019 °Z Aa\u201ed\t! Selassie in alienating from under Sworn into Office with Simple1 cribed the agreement as calling for j a/^ legitimate6 econom\u2019c^Sîtif aUina nf In,.I t ^Ogicl survey, and if the in these Hrr el\t^ S A \u2019 dications of the necessary oil was Ceremony\u2014Raising of Loam' First Problem of New Cabinet.! discovered, drilling would begin »n j Hon \"of \"nalion elnT/ five years.Ethiopia would ultim- U°l r\tT' ,,, ately receive a royalty on all DeL-Lr\tBntam should appear as these circles asserted, hut it also represented an important vecogni- M trade with reform in tariffs.WAR BOGEY AGAIN ENTERS THE ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN Saint John, N.R., Sept.4.\u2014 Panada\u2019s delegation to the League of Nations Assembly this month lacks experience and is ill-fitted to express the people's views on questions which may involve war, Mackenzie King believes.Opening Ilia campaign in Ihe Maritime Provinces here last night the Liberal lender predicted Prime Minister Bennett would launch an appeal for a Continued on Page 2.for them to wear insignia or to conduct meetings.In Henningsdorf, workers for Der Stuermer, Streicher's Jew-baiting newspaper, photographed the patrons of Jewish merchants.WASP CAUSED AUTO ACCIDENT.Oranbrook, B.C., Sept.4.\u2014A wasp was responsible for Mrs.A.K.Grey being in hospital today.When Mr, Grey turned to strike a wasp that entered the car window, he lost control.The ear swerved and Mrs.iami, Fla., Sept, 4.\u2014Tropical Radio reported early today the rescue vessels encircling the grounded Morgan liner Dixie were preparing to start transfer of passengers.W\u2019hile no lifeboats had been yet launched, the masters were said to be conferring on procedure.The weather had moderated considerably.The grounded steamship developed a leak in one of.its fuel tanks as turbulent seas held back crews from five other steamers which stood by to take off 372 persons\u2014241 passengers and 131 crew.The master of the distressed steamer reported it was \u201cresting easy\u201d despite the terrific pounding against French Reef by storm-tossed, mountainous waves sixty miles south of Miami.\u201cLeak developed in one fuel tank,\u201d said a wireless message early today.\u201cOil leaking out.Ship resting easy.\u201d The Dixie stuck fast when it was swept onto the reef by the tropical hurricane on Monday night.Standing by and waiting for the sea to moderate enough to permit rescue operations were the Platano, El Occidente, Gatun, Limon and Reaper\u2014three fruit boats, one passenger vessel and one tanker, In a dispatch to the Associated Press, \\V.H.Pepperman, a passenger aboard the S.S.Platano, described the rescue ships as a blinking Grey was thrown through the wind- semi-circle around the Dixie early shield.She suffered a severe throat today.wound*\tHe sapj the liner's could he seen along the rail, peering out into the storm's inky blackness.Lighthouses on the reefs guarded the rescue ships against their own possible destruction.Not one of them dared put out a boat into the churning waves.Depperman said Captain McRae, of the Platano, paced the hurricane deck, sleepless, and the crew stood by the lifeboats.He assumed the situation was likewise on the othet rescue vessels keeping the vigil.Latest reports indicated the storm was moving westward away from the vicinity of the Dixie.In his story Mr.Depperman says: \u201cDaylight, has broken and the S.S.Dixie, plainly visible for the first tine since we arived, lies stranded abouta mile and a half off our starboard bow.\"Captain C.D.McRae of the Platona has fust pointed her out to me.She is like the focal point of the ribs of a fan, with five rescue vessels spread about her.The Platano is the closest in.\u201cPassengers and crew of the Dixie may he rescued today but that is not positive.Standing on the bridge, it is my impression the boats may soon be put over the side.The water seems to be growing calmer all the time.\u201cThe atmosphere is growing more tense.Captain McRae is anxiously scaning the hulk of the Dixie with his glasses.Outside, they ara making the life boats ready.The same atelv receive a royalty on all pet-rip, ,\t+ -oritain snouia appear as voleum produced.\t|'hc foe to the Italian policy, in res- \u201cThis matter was handled in t.ho;f,ecJ *° sanctions, thé feeling was that, Italy had sufficient friends in Edmonton, Sept.4.\u2014Alberta settled back today to watch its new Government.the administration ,\t,\t.headed by William Aberhart, elected i ic?u\u2018iu' course of business' as aj,,\t'.A,\"''';- \" on a platform of monthly credit ! Private _transaction with Ethiopia, ; t16\t«\u2022 Hivirlpnîk of coc tn rvPrv lllan\tbut without consultation with any it,1, \"as, 1116 possibility overlooked wmman In the orovince\totllC!' government,\u201d said Mr.Wald-\tthe ensuing controversy the en, thus perhaps revealing why ; League itself might be torn asun-neither Great Britain, the home \u2019 \u201der b.v the withdrawal of England land of Mr.Rickett, nor the United! or Naiy, or both.States, the scat of the subsidiary 1\t- corporation, knew anything of the BOTH ITALY AND ETHIOPIA attair until it was flashed through\tCDr;t;n mi iiaiiiai irmr» the world in newspaper headlines.\trKfchu IN UALUAL AFFAIR The oil company president assert'\t_\t\u2014- ed that the \u201cmisleading nature of I Paris, Sept.4.\u2014Neither Italy nor the news comments\u201d in last Satur-, Ethiopia are at fault over the Ualual day's papers, made him feel it)incident.Such was the In the first public inauguration ceremony in Alberta\u2019s political history, the Social Credit Government was sworn into office yesterday by Lieutenant-Governor Walsh.Several hundred people jammed the galleries of the Legislative Chamber here to watch a ceremony marked by its simplicity and lack of gloss and pomp.There were no policemen, soldiers, top hats, morning coats or evening-gowned women.The new Government\u2019s first attention will be directed toward finances before making a start on its Social Credit programme.Aberhart expects to leave for Ottawa early next week to negotiate a loan from the Dom-nlon treasury.He faces obligations of $15,000,000 in the next seven months and a treasury almost bare of money.\t' It will he fifteen or eighteen months before the first monthly dividends are paid but, in the meântime, it will do no good for the rest of .,\t.\t- unanimous necessary to give the State Depart-j decision of the joint Conciliation ment the facts.\tCommission which did its part to \u201cToday I have done this and | eliminate this perplexing incident as after consultation with the Seere tary of State have decided to advise the Ethiopian Government of our intention to abandon the concession,\u201d he concluded.Revelation that an American oil company was actually involved in the Ethiopian affair came as a stunning disclosure to State Depait-! ment officials, although Addis .Ababa press dispatches had con-tinualy alluded to \u201cstandard Oil\u201d i as the real interest behind the Canada to flock here in anticipation.I 'ease.One of the first acts\tof the new\t!\t.Standard Oil officials in New Government will be to\tregister all\t!\tYork have flatly denied any eon-\t^\tUB bona fide citizens of Alberta, form- j section with the affair, and this ie»l: find bn- who\to i., ng a basic list of men\tand 'women\t!\tfurther to the mystification and lo\tto\tàcreè\tin\tits\tfi\tattemnt\tat the impact of the acknowledgment\to *\t'\t\u2022\tm\tlts\t.s\"\tRUempt\tat Continued on Page 2.a cause for the Itaio-Ethiopian conflict.Ethiopian observers called the decision an unexpected victory for their cause.It deprived Mussolini, they said, of one of his strongest arguments in support of the Italian case against \u201cbarbarous Ethiopia.\u201d f ihe Ualual incident, called a \u201cscuffle over a desert water hole\u201d, involved the slaying of a number of Italians and Ethiopians.Upon it, Italy based its first advance of troops to police Ethiopian borders.The commission to which the League of Nations gave the task of eligible for dividends.Later, when the programme is more complete, eligibility regulations will be drafted, listing specifications relating to resi- is probably happening on every one dence in Alberta and age limits.of the other rescue ships, passengers are strained to the Dixie.\u201d to agree m Scheveningen, the Netherlands: then tried again after an extraordinary session of the League Council ami , .,\ti selection of Dr.Nicholas Socrate which names of men and women who Poljtis, of Greece, as a fifth arbiter, All eyes Another section of the regulations have abused dividend payments will to break any deadlock in which the will establish an \u2018Indian List\u201d to be posted.\tContinued on Page & PAGE TWd SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1935.AGED PLANTER IS SOUGHT FOR BRUTAL MURDER Crazed Over Sale of Land During His Absence, Man Is Alleged to Have Slain Four Relatives and to Have Wounded a Fifth.SEVERAL RECEPTIONS HELD FOR FRENCH SLOOP\u2019S CREW Montego Bay, Jamaica.Sept.4.\u2014 An aged planter, alleged to have murdered four relatives and wounded a fifth in a fit of rage, was sought by armed police today over the rolling countryside near this drowsy Caribbean seaside resort.Gray-haired Benjamin Williams, according to police, had slain a brother, nephew, niece and cousin in a fury on learning that while he | Officers Received at Mess of Royal 22nd Regiment at Quebec and Officials Paid Visit to Frigate-Commander Gobyet.Quebec, Sept.4.\u2014Several receptions were held yesterday in honor of the officers and men of the French sloop Ville D'Ys which arrived here Monday in command of Frigate-S Commander Goybet.In the morning the officers were received at the mess of the Royal; 22nd Regiment.During the after-; STABILIZATION OF CURRENCIES TO BE STUDIED MIRIAM\u2019S PRIDE IN HOLLYWOOD SOCIAL SWIM British and French Financial Experts Expected to Meet Secretary Morgenthau on Holiday Visit to Spain and Portugal.Washington, Sept.4.\u2014Secretary noon officials visited the Commander ^ Morgenthau is trying to arrange a aboard.They included Lieut-Col.D.fall pleasure trip to Europe, a visit B.Papineau, representing Hon.E.which some believed might place L.Patenaude, Lieutenant-Governor him in a position to discuss stabiliza-of Quebec.\tition of international exchange.In the evening the officers were As outlined following the treas-received at dinner at the Citadel, ury chiefs return from a week-end This function coincided with a com-; conference with President Roosevelt plimentary dinner given Colonel J.at Hyde Park, X.Y., plans indicated .= _______ ___\tB.P.Dunbar on the occasion of\this he would spend his time travelling in was te Cuba\tsome\tfamily lends\thad\tdeparture for Halifax, where\the I Portugal and\tSpain, been sold He had shot down every j will be stationed.\t! Observers emphasized that Eng- relative he could reach before tak- The ship\u2019s crew were entertained ! lish and French monetary experts ing to the wods with a gun and a a dance under the auspices of the might possibly strive to seek him supply of ammunition.\tCanadian Legion.British Empire , out and discuss stabilization pros- Ône of the victims was an infant Service League.Today the officers.pects.hi?brother\tJoseph\u2019s three-months-\t0h \u201ce sloop will be entertained\tat Ever since\tMorgenthau used the o\u2019d daughter\twho\twas Hlled in\t\"the !luncheon the Erance-Ainerique Government\u2019s\t$2,COB,000,000 stabili- k'tchen of her \u2019 home a! Hampton ' co:mmitt\u20ac«*\tI nation fund to ease a French Village while Joseph\u2019s wife hid in terror in a bedroom.A few minutes before Joseph had j been felled in his own backyard af- j ter an argument with his brother \u2022 over the land.His son, Mortimer, ; with him, Received a revolver shot ! in the leg as he ran off.Then, striding into the housei | Benjamin shot the baby and anoth- | er twenty-three-year-old son, who j died almost instantly.Announcing he intended to kill ! sll {hose connected with the sail'' he ran back into the yard and stood over the dying Joseph.\u201cNow, you brute, you can sell the land,\u201d he was quoted as screaming while three more bullets were pump- j ed into the prone man's body.While plantation workers fled in : panic, the crazed killer crossed the road to the home of a cousin and, ¦without preliminaries, shot Mm in the breast.Joseph and the cousin died in hospital here a few hours later.Officers learned later that Benjamin had bought a revolver and fifty ! cartridges here Saturday r.nd had spent the week-end drinking.It was in this tillage .hat Great Britain\u2019s Duke of Kent spent a creeks honeymooning this year Princess Marina.financial crisis in mid-June, reports RETURN FROM EXPLORATION j*.\u2019\t_ i.-\tt\ti WORK ON LABRADOR COAST : pected during the early months.- i Such discussions tvould embrace Flew as Far North as North West no departure from Morgenthau\u2019s n-\ti i\ti .open-door policy on stabilization, River and Are Presumed to publicly announced last May when Have Photographed Likely ke said \u201cthe world sh°uid know that pi\tn _\tj when it is ready to seek foreeign riane Bases.\tI exchange stabilization, \"Washington - will not be an obstacle.\u201d His pre- Charlottetown, Sept.4.\u2014Home- sence in Europe would put him in a ward bound after \"secret explora- favorable position to receive over-iion work in Labrador for private tures.interests,\u201d a seaplane piloted by \"W.It was recalled that a pleasure H.Irvine, of Canadian Airways, trip by the then-Treasury Secretary\t.Montreal, alighted on Charlotte- Andrew\u2019 W.Mellon in 19S1 was an j .\t\" hue his foster mama is achiev town harbor last night.\timportant precedent to the Hoover ! lnS fame as one of moviedom\u2019s out- The exploration party included F.war debt moratorium,\ti standing actresses, Miriam Hopkins\u2019 T.Jenkins, assistant general man- A host of reasons were advanced : P\u2019-Me and joy, Michael,_ blond, ager of Canadian Airways, and why informal stabilization chats, if sturdy, and going on four, is rapid-Charles Paiaisy, an engineer.\tthey should materialize, were time- -y becoming one of Hollywood\u2019s Leaving Montreal on August 7, ly.Among them:\t; younger social lions.Adopted by they flew as far north as North West Since Morgenthau used his vast Aj!SS Hopkins when only ten days River and spent most of their time stabilization fund to halt a French 0!d\u2019 he\u2019s shown at a birthday party shooting pictures along the Labra- financial crisis in mid-June, the ; £Pven by Wesley Ruggles, Jr., son dor coast, presumably photograph- franc has shown signs of avoiding °f the screen director.ing likely plane bases.\tdevaluation pressure and \u201cgoing |\t \u2014 \u201cIt would be unfair to our princi- along.\u201d pal to disclose any further infor- _ Internationa! markets, with Bel WITH NOMINATIONS A MONTH AWAY, CANDIDATES NEAR RECORD TOTAL Continued from page l mation,\u201d said Mr.Jenkins when he gium\u2019s belga came ashore.f ew CLINTON BRÀIXERD PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY Wmthrop, Me., Sept.4.\u2014Clinton T.Bramerd, seventy years old, of New York city, president of the Mc-_.ure j ndicate.died at his summer .-orr.e here yesterday.A former editor of the Washington Herald and president of its publishing company from 1915 to 1919, Brainerd had been president of the McClure Syndicate since 1911.He was a native of Denver.ottering occasional exceptions, have been quiet.There has been talk in Washington that major currencies gradually have settled into a \u201cde facto\u201d stabilization which offers possibilities for an actual agreement.BRITAIN REORGANIZES DEFENCES AS LEAGUE OPENS AFRICAN STUDY Continued from page 1 two Italian and two Ethiopian representatives might find themselves.Great Britain, now near the fourth These deadlocks developed, Politis entered the discussions and the decision was reached at a final secret anniversary of suspension of the gold standard, has been reported un- ¦ ¦ ¦ S a/B H B S3 h SIGN OF BETTER TIMES Des Moines, Iowa.Sept, 4.\u2014\u201cYes.times are better\u2014cigarette butts are longer.\u201d Filling 1 PREMIER Thus observed Leonard Hofius who calls himself the \u201cpoet laureate in\u2019 J of the jungle.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t need graphs, charts to enter currency talk until session in Paris which ended yesterday afternoon.Ethiopian observers acknowledged they had feared the commission might find Ethiopia guilty, inasmuch as the Council at Premier Mussolini\u2019s insistence had ruled out tariff recipro- any discussion of the ownership of Ualual whch they insisted was after elections some expect in the fall.Both Morgenthau and Secretary of State Hull have emphasized the importance of stabilization in boost-world trade\u2014a major goal of President Roosevelt' Of city programme.TODAY Until SATURDAY HORRIBLE I MONSTROUS' TERRIFYING! INHUMAN! \u201cDR.JEKYLL & MR.HYDE\u2019 with Frederic March.Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart.\u2014 ALSO \u2014 SINGING! DANCING! LOVING! car-loading tables to see conditions A further, but less talked of, Ethiopian.°et'-eT' , ke remarked \u201cThere domestic motive is found by some in The unanimous decision the comme more and longer agarette butts the $2,000,000,000 stabilization fund, mission reached gave both nations ana fever men looking for them\u2014 With increasing frequency, reports a clean bill of health, awarded no nave been heard that the Adminis- damages and decided neither nation tration is seeking ways to balance was responsible for subsequent de-the budget.International stabilisa- veiopments growing out of the inci-tion would remove necessity for the dent-fund and it then could be anplied to that\u2019s AB b a ¦ a s æ ¦ ¦ s a ¦ a iGRANfiDA STARTING TODAY \u2014 For 4 Days \u2014 \"CgfvilrA\tVI* 0*^) I Miïïicns Eager to See the garnie Si| Queen of Hollywood! debt retirement.Morgenthau already ONE OF CRUELEST PERIODS îf3thePAjgiei whef, they are graduates of Bugbee Business Ie™™ fels> a,s.° of Sl0UX Clty> 'were ; spent a week.They were accom-College, 1933.\ttTmam:lSe! f\t, .i panied on the return trip by Miss After spending two weeks at j The e^rel^onY w-as pe^OTme^ ! Margaret Newton, who has been Lake Park, Vt., Mr.and Mrs.Heath\t,1?wg\u2019,.! visiting her aunts, the Misses John- | son, of Montreal, for a month at | their summer home on the St.Law-¦ rence.Mr.Thomas Elliott and family, ( II'3 loncsomr here without you dear, will be at home to theU- friends at I the,Vride> wlT ^ reached the ven-Judd\u2019s mills.\terable age of eighty-six years, and J who still enjoys excellent health.HEATH\u2014BROCK Ayer\u2019s Cliff, Sept.4.\u2014 A quiet wedding was solemnized at the An- Warmest and Driest of Any August During Past Twentv- !r!lÇan Church Ayer\u2019s Cliff on Sat-n v\t&\tJ : urday, August 17, when Margery Une Years.\tAgnes Brock, daughter of Mr.Ed- -\t!\tgar H.Brock and\tthe late Mrs.August 1935 has\testablished an\ti Brock, of Stanstead\twere united in J.A.\tPoulin will\treceive\t$125\tfor\talmost unique place\tin the weather\t! marriage to Oscar\tWilcox Heath, preparing\tplans\tand\tsupervising\tthe\t1 records, no less than three \u201c-esta\u201d\t! soft of the late\tLyman K.and construct! \" '\t'\t\u2019\t.\u2022 i.i ,\t.\t,\t.\t-\t- - - - Dufresne of the Fi effect being sion.It w way and Conway receive the con- twenty-one years\u2014271.3 hours; and | They were attended by Mrs John tract for the workmen\u2019s liablity in- the lowest monthly rainfall\u20141.36 I Boucher matron of honor ^nd Mr' surance for the coming year at inches.\t, r \u201e\t! C.Lawrence Farrow, groomsman.' manual rates and the sum of $172 The average temperature fov the Mr and M Hcat], will be (.at was ordered paid for the engraving Month was 66.14 degrees, or neanv nlnmpi, +r.ihr-r fv.of debentures issued under.recent five degrees above the average of Ss af r September f dt JUCidS by-laws.\t, 61.24 degrees last year and some-\t1\t1 r.WHITTIER\u2014WATERHOUSE Asbestos, Sept.4.\u2014A very pretty The bridal couple stood beneath an arch of wild flowers and were supported by Miss Bessie and Mr.Bordon Buchanan, twin brother and nster of the bride, while Miss Isabel Ross, of Lennoxvilie, Que,, and Miss Marjorie Smith, of Smith Falls, Ont., cousins of the bride, acted as flower-girls.The bride is a graduate of Morn- by The property owned by the city ''.hat above the twenty-one year on Laurier avenue and occupied by average of 63.63.The lowest tem-two industrial concerns will receive perature registered during Augus two coats of paint, the tender of A.Ledoux to do the job for $950 being accepted.MILBY was thirty-five degrees, compared j LT\twedding took place on with a record low of thirty for the i *1 eT.?est*ay, afternoon, August 28, month.\t'\tI at the_ Asbestos United Church, The Lennoxvilie Experimental Farm figures place ihe average August sunshine at 220.5 hours, cr 50.8 hours less than last month.Conservative meeting at Water-ville, Hon.Sam Gobeil, Sat.eve.Sept.7th, 8 pan.D.S.T .ast year Old Sol made his appear-1 Mrs.C.Whittier, of Cherry River, ance for 244.6 hours, with August I , The bride, who was given in mar-1916 proving the darkest month oi jriage by her father, was attired in a only 176.5 hours.\tnavy blue ensemble with matching The rainfall last month of 1.36 ! accessories and carried a bouquet of ¦\u20191\u2019.1-sweet peas.The bride\u2019s attendant SUNNY LIVING starts at the table How you feel and how yon look depend Inrgely on the foods you eat.Tbo balanced menu provides the \u201chulk\u201d to prevent common constipation-caused by lack of this es-\u2022eminl fiber.Common constipation frequently penses headaches, loss of appetite and energy.Yet, in most cases, it «an he overcome pleasantly and «afely by eating a delicious cereal.Kellogg\u2019s Au.-Bhan is a natural ipood for normal individuals.It furnishes \u201cbulk\u201d in convenient and concentrated form.Au.-Hit.vN also provides vitamin B and iron.Isn\u2019t this sttnny way better than taking patent medicines?Two table-spoonfuls of All-Bean daily are usually sufficient.Chronic cases, with each meal.If relief is not obtained, see your doctor.Sene All-Brvn as a cereal, or me In rooking.Get tho red-nnd-groon park-age at your grocer\u2019s.Made by Kellogg in London, Ontario.| inches was barely a third of th j average of 3.73 inches and consid-I erably below last year\u2019s August fig-1 ure of 2.18 inches.August 1917 ! holds the record for the wettest month with 8.27 inches of rain.The heaviest one day rain last month : was .43 inches as against the twen-j ty-one year record of 2.25 inches in ; August 1916.Floors Sanded, Scraped, and Refinished by Skilled Workmen.Work Guaranteed.No dust.Marchant Decorating Co.Reg\u2019d.Phone 110 * * * Mr.and Mrs.H.R.Ross entertained at a most enjoyable dance at their home on the Drummond Road in honor of Miss Fern Price, of Indian Head, Sask., who has been their house guest for several weeks.The guests included the members of the St.Francis Young People\u2019s Club.After dancing had been enjoyed for al hours the hostess served refreshments, assisted by Charles Drummond, Mrs.-thur Mills, the Misses Celia Mc-,.\t, , ,\t, \u2014lod, Muriel Hatch, Lorna Ross, mony a reception was held on the j Eileen McLeod and Elva Hatch, grounds followed by luncheon.\tPrior to dispersing the guesiv The toast to the bride and groom extended a hearty vote of thanks to was proposed by Mr.Coral Ross, of their genial host and hostèss, and Lennoxvi.ie, Que.Mr.Eels ably .wished Miss Price, who is leaving responded\t(shortly for her western home, a , ii.and Mrs.Eels left by motor ; pleasant journey, amidst a shower of nee and con- ;\t»\t*\t* tetti foQtheii fhture home in Sioux Mrs.Gordon Richards entertained Uty, visiting Niagara Falls and at a lovely party last evening at her P-sces of interest en route.home on Prospect street in honor of Those from a distance attending | Miss Lilian Brownlow, a popular the wedding were Mrs.Norman Bu- bride-to-be of the month, who was chanan, mother of the bride.Miss j her bridesmaid a few yeais ago.Katherine Buchanan, B.A.Miss Bes- Cards were played at five tables, the sie and Mr- Bordon Buchanan, stu- | prizes for bridge being won by Mrs.dents at Moiningside Codege, all of George Lothrop and Mrs.Jack Sioux City, lovva.Mrs._ Gordon |Grme, the consolation going to Smith and daughter, Marjorie, of Mrs.E.Kcnnctt.The fortunate Snntb Faiis, Ont.Mrs.Donald Ross, ;\u201c500\u201d players were Mrs.H.Mc-Mr.Coral Ross and the Musses Erma\tMy,.e, Mrs.E.Hodge and Mrs.and Isabel Ross, of Lennoxvilie, Que.,\t; Brown, while Mrs.Ben.Grime was and 11.Topping, of Perth, Ont., who awarded the consolation.,r\t,\t.\t*\t-\t o-\t!la\" rnany o.d friends m the Eastern\ti At the conclusion of the game de- \\ aternouse, as matron of honor,\tTownships, having been stationed in\tlectable refreshments were ^cved chile Mr.Waterhouse acted ns bestj r^eds Village a number of years ; the h