Sherbrooke daily record, 3 janvier 1927, lundi 3 janvier 1927

[" :.Sherbrooke Daily Recor Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, QUE., MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1927.MAN ON RAMPAGE WITH GUN IN EAST SHERBROOKI Heavy Damage Caused By Earthquakes-To Review Throne Speed One Killed And Two Badly fATE0F MANY Wounded In A New Y ear\u2019s Day Tragedy In This Cityj Thomas Metz, of St.Henry Street, Called into His Brother\u2019s House to Wish Him a Happy New Year\u2014Found Other Pei sons There and Discussion Resulted, Which Finally Ended in Fight\u2014James Metz, Father of the Two Brothers, Was Notified of Disturbance and Started Out for His Son\u2019s House, Taking Revolver With Him\u2014Shots Were hired Edouard Valliere Was Shot Through the Back, Dropping Dead on the Street in Front of the House\u2014\t____ Theodore VaUee Was Shot Through the Back, Bullet;Accident Took Place in Arlberg Pieicing Eoch Lungs, While Helene Dubois Was Shot ini the Stomach\u2014James Metz Disappeared After Shooting,! But Was Later Arrested by Local Police at Home of! frank Humphrey on Side Road Between Capelton and North Hatley\u2014Inquest Will Be Held This Afternoon.EIGHT SKIERS WERE KILLED BY AN AVALANCHE IN FLOOD AREA STILLUNKNOWN! European Residents at Sungeil Lembing, Largest Tin Mining! District in Pashang, Forced tOj Take Refuge in Trees.GREAT LOSS OF LIFE Villages Over an Area of Many Square Miles Washed Away, According to Despatches from Singapore.ANEW YEAR\u2019S DAY shooting tragedy which claimed the TV, ,\t*\t- -.life of one man and inflicted serious and probably fatal jured ° rC3CUed were serioU£ly in injuries to two other persons took place on St.Henry ' The oarty consisted of five En- Street m East Sherbrooke at two fifteen o clock Saturday morn u~l- \"\t^ ins.lishmen, two Englishwomen, who suffered a concussion of the brain.The dead man is Edouard Valliere, married, thirty-five vear^ilw\"6/™^ Ge™:lns' po^ssor of age who was shot through the back, the bullet passfng through\tthe Ins body and lodging m his left side near the heart.\tauthorities that the party, in going The injured are Theodore Vallee, twenty-five years of age, JY1 £kiing; trip, disregarded the of 21 St.Pierre Street, and Helene Dubois, a young woman! !nej.ts'VarnlnffS of loeal 'weather extwenty-four years old.Both are in St.Vincent de Paul Hospital\t________________ where very slight hopes are held out for their recovery.Vallee ' ^\t.was shot through the back, the bullet piercing both lungs, while Miss Dubois was shot in the pit of the stomach.REPORTED ACCUSED HAS MADE SIGNED CONFESSION.James Metz, an Italian, sixty-five years of age, and the father c f a L .ge family, residing at 76 St.Elenry Street, has been arrested charged with the murder of Valliere, and has, according to police reports, made a signed confession of his guilt.(Asfociated Press Despatch) SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement, Jan.3.\u2014The fate of the _\t- majority of the places in the vast Region\u2014Two of Parly of len Hooded area of the Malay states Tourists Saved.\tifi sti11 unknown.______\t[ A native messenger, who tra- Australia, Jan., veiled down a flooded river from Pashang to the coast on a log, reports that Sungei Lem-the largest tin mining district in Pashang, is submerged, and that European residents have been forced to take refuge in the INNSBRUCK, Australia, Jan.Eight of a party of ten tourists on a skiing trip in the Arlberg lut, region were killed by an avalanche u '\u201dcr which swept over them yesterday.g trees.(Singapore despatches on Saturday said that voilages over an area of many square miles had been swept away, and it was believed there had been great loss of life).m EARTHQUAKES CONTINUE TGIM Y TO ROCK IMPERIAL VALLEY TO! IN UNITED STATES AND MEXICO Reported that Shocks Occurred This Mcrniri :f Intervals of About One Hour\u2014Damage from Z:\t; and' Fire Estimated at Over $2,500,COD\u2014Gro :.\t: sorted Individual Financial Loss at McnicV\u2014\t'aiaj Were Broken- Making It an Impo.AL .\u2022 to I >Tl Fi nn (Associated Press Despatch) * \"\t- Calexico, Caitf., jan.3.\u2014 p» n\ti E nee the tragic shooting on Saturday mornir.r the lo-cs! police 1 have been busy in clearing up the matter and now have everything ready for the Coroner\u2019s Inquest, which will be held at pohee ! headquarters at two o clock this afternoon.Dr.Derome, of Montreal, arrived in the city yesterday and performed an autopsy on the body of Valliere, Valliere s body, which following the shooting was taken to! I he morgue, has been removed to his home with permssion to bury.! Metz, accused of the crime, is being held at police headquarters' pending the inquest.CONDITIONS OF VICTIMS IN HOSPITAL VERY SERIOUS.Reports received from the St.Vincent dc Paul Hospital thi J morning stated that both Vallee and Miss Dubois were very serious-\u2019 I)\u2019 wounded.Operations were performed yesterday, but very slight1 hopes arc held out for their recovery.At the Coroner s inquest, which will be held this afternoon, : the exact circumstances regarding the tragic shooting well be: brought out.HAD STOPPED IN TO WISH HIS BROTHER A HAPPY NEW YEAR From the details given out by the* , , ,\t'~'7; pokee ms the result of investigations ,\t) , .rail ou^ °n the street and made by them, it apjxvares that abou! !\t111 front of the house.Upon two firteen o\u2019clock New Year s!\t°^fhe I>olice he was dead, morning, Thomas Metz, residing with n J heoGore Vallee was shot through l.is father, James Metz the accused,! I10 chcst, the bullet piercing both at 76 St.Henry Street, was on his I; VP\u2019\tVulen?Dub,cis Mas shot way home and decided to .stop in and ;111 vjf pit,r0 , tile sHnuach.v.,\t.K\t! Were I a ken to St.Vincent de The New Year I am the New Year, and I come to you pure and unstained.Fresh from the hand of God.Each day, a precious pearl, to you is given That you must string upon the silver r\u2019:>\\ , o\" I.'f#, Once strung can never be unthreaded but stays An undying record of your faith and skill.Each golden minute link you then must weld into the chain of hours That is no stronger than its weakest link.Into your hands is given all the wealth and power To make your life just what you will.I give to you, free and unstinted, twelve glorious months Of soothing rain and sunshine golden; The days for work and rest, the nights for peaceful slumber.All that.I have I give with love unspoken.All that I ask\u2014you keep the faith unbroken! \u2014By J.D.Templeton.Success Magazine.Noted European artists and sculptor?have judged that Joan Zock- ton has a perfect profile, .urpa:.¦ English.they, ever Joan of the shakes during the nigh\u2018 and early morning.MARTIAL LAW~DECLARED (Associated Press Despatch') CALEXICO, Calif., Jan._______ Eearthquake and fire damage to In perial Valley towns in the United States and Mexico was estimated a: n .$2.000,009 today, after a serie- of \u2019 more than fifty shock?rucked' the '\"\u2022! valley district from sortiy after mid- \u20197 night to 10.30 o\u2019clock * yesterday F morning.V.F.Frizzell, district ager.t for the Southern Pacific Railroad, v:;\u2019 v ' headquarters at E! Centro.Imperial Valley County Seat, announced the se estimate of damage.Governor Rodriguez, of Lower *' California, Mexico, deiia-ed ms'-; pjong tninvorj - Three Hundred H ers on V/ay to Qu of Accident Not K (Associated Frets I> King George Is Optimistic In Regard To New Year, Bat Net Si \u201cEmperor\u201d Cask-A j Series üf Conferences With Labor Men King Is Confident 1927 Will See a Gradual But Sure Restoration of Trade and Commerce to the Benefit of Not Only the British Empire But Whole World\u2014General Feeling in Great Britain About New Year Is Optimistic.f.ec liis brother, Paul Metz, who lives (it 54 S't.Henry Street, to wish him an,d his wife a happy New Year.Paul Hospital.\\ allee and Miss Dubois were taken Co the St.Vincent de Paul Hospital Entering the house he found his, I\u201d v1'-\t»\t.-,- brother and wife there, also Edouard '¦ a s\u20181'ort tn?e I!*tcr th® affair, and V alliere, his wife; Theodore Vallee.i' J101' .a3 discovered that their wounds |\\ New Year\u2019s Eve Celebration Was Almost Without Precedent At New York, As Also Were Prices\u2014Poor Were Not Forgotten Every Available Place of Amusement or Entertainment Was Filled to Capacity\u2014Wettest New Year\u2019s Eve in History\u2014Chicago Was Very Quiet\u2014Very Few Accidents Reported._____v______________i_________ x was discovered that their wounds | street;(HeleneDubois, twenty-four, a i\"eiC xery serious and that little1 Bister of Mrs.Paul Mertz; and Joseph 10Pe couhl be held out for their re-y'\t\u201d\t~\t! covery.Operations were performed I yesterday.Valliere\u2019s body was taken to the morgue.- - Poliquin, also of St.Henry Street.The usual greetings were exchanged, it is understood, and then the gathering found themselves engaged in a sharp discussion over some subject which has not yet been made publie.The discussion became more and more heated and soon developed Into a free-for-all fight, in which oven the women present took a part, fulling each other\u2019s hair, while bottles were also thrown in all directions.Returned and Told His Father After the fight had continued for some time without any signs of peace being restored, Accused Disappeared Following the Shooting.Immediately following the shooting p James Metz, who is held for Val-I Here\u2019s death, disappeared, and effrois to locate him were unsuccessful for a time.The local police, however, lost no time in making an idelicatessen investigation and inquiries which later led to his arrest.Acting upon information received Captain Prunier and Constable R-hc-ault set.out early New Year\u2019s niorn-,\t-\u2022 »n» and at 12.05 no-on located their ¦ h- vaTc ' lat man and placed him under arrest a( EW YORK, January 3.\u2014-Cel- theatres made no secret of the fact ebration of the New Year, | that $0.50 tickets were $11 for Starting before midnight on the night.And at that the demand the final day of ï:OG.continued I was greater than the supply, until long after dawn New Year\u2019s; Aside from excessive noise and morning, with tired-eyed men and |crowds the old year passer without women in evening attire stepping ( incident, however.Only one serious, from private cars ami taxicabs to jaccident was reported, the wounding I the doors of their residences as late of two sisters by a stray buiiet fired as eight o\u2019clock in the morning.Sov- by a celebrant as they leaned from, eral night clubs in the theatrical a window of their home in Brooklyn, districts reported 'that their last j Churches were crowded as well as patrons left between 6:30 and 7 .the night clubs in welcomin'- the o\u2019clock, many of them to stop at New Year.More than 2.000 persons white- front crowded into old Trinitv.at Broad- shops the home of Frank Humphrey, on a side road between Caplcton and North Hatley.Entering the Humphrey house Captain Prunier found Metz lying on a couch and immediately went over towards him.Seeing the officer coming.Metz attempted to get up, but__ \u201e.\t.bfore he could -get to hif feet the j\u201eT the World'War.Captain had reached him and with-1 Broadway gave the New Thomas Metz left his brother\u2019s home and hurried, over and told 'his father what had; taken -place.Another story In circulation is that in the party was a young chap, whose name is twvt known, and that he was the one who went over to the house of the rider Metz and informed the father of what was taking place at his son\u2019s house, saying that five or six men were fighting his son, Thomas, anu that they were killing him.However, whatever were the circumstances.James Metz, the father, was notified of the disturbance and became enraged.He was in bed at the time, hut immediately got up, dressed himself and, taking n revolver, 'started out for his son\u2019s house.Filtering (lie House lie Threatened All With a Revolver.Entering the house the father | Mullets in Revolver «nd One Found threatened everyone mille room I In House Were the Same tine Æ we!,nf|lredithin \u201c mV\t\"T^fation at the |capacity.RVservaiions in JïïghL chrb; .h'nr^ Ln.body, lie was\t\u201c (CouUnutd\u2019\tUomfe Inlfi tonm t'Ahé jresturants for breakfast before re-,way and Wall streets, and Cardinal-j*-*r'nP5\t'Hayes Personaliv conducted Services -All night\u201d banks had record da-.at St.Patrick\u2019s Cathedral on Fifth jposits from amusement resort pro- avenue.Many churches gave special Iprietors, who, as regards gross re-j musical programmes, which were ceipts, had never had a happier New I broadcast, and hymns in some m-i Year s.Vehicular and pedestrian stances were played until dawn traffic was lighter than usual Sat-| The 3 a.m.curfew for night clubs urday morning in New fork\u2019s bus- was suspended for the night and 1er sections, with a large percentage j the clubs were permitted to remain of the population in bed.\topen at eight a.m.Observance of the New York eon-'\t______ tinned Saturday with food and en- QUIETEST CELEBRATION SINCE tertainment for many of the home- PROHIBITION STARTED IN less as well as for disabled veterans I\tCHICAGO j CHICAGO, January 3.\u2014Chicago tear a celebrated the \"quietest, best bf out giving him any -opportunity tojwet welcome\tx- .ngH placed the handcuffs o\u201eV A ^Vain dispelled all doubt Revolver and Bullets Found.' HtioV\u2019ngr'iits had orders\u2018not 'to° dis- he\u2019 hVo\u2019r recmve^'r^Vrt^^oin8 Hie u \"'a\u2019 ri-a' chairman, to discuss -u;:.;: cf in.iasrriu! rck- i the in G wn.o reccutly was ssador to Berlin, out-rathering the progress many in industrial co- a»» whi.-Vi Fires Broke Out The greatest reported tnd: ftrancial loss was in Mexicali, the Aztec brewerv caught fire the first shock?\u2018 The danvae* estimated at $2:-3.000.A ricze-ei buildings in the town were ed.reports ?s:i.and numerous G-Xises shaken .k.Brunswick Hotel Held Lmer- Bouchard, of Longueuil.b a\t?ri K A few guests were present, 'namely, Messrs.H.M.Gain, C.N.R.¦ Walk- ¦ iTnas suii.H.L Mr.J.M.fkaiies.of Sherbrooke.wa# a -«reek-end guest at the home have cf Mr and M\u2019-s A.Peterson.week dir.' and Mrs.Franklin Ball, of Montreal were holiday guests of re- Thctford Mines; Misses Fredda It Mr.and Mrs.J.H.Woodside and Mr.O.aiies Woodside and Miss -c\u201dt.,-f Lerr:ycille, were guests Sunday at the home of Mr.J.H.oodside.jjr Reg-iald Loomis, who is at- L-C coll ace in New Brunswick.Mrs \\v\u2014 Monica Meagher.Montre.!\t; Miss^ O\u2019a and Monica McCabe.>\tlontreaî; i Mr.and Mrs.Geo.F.Ubb;\ty; Dr.J.; A.McCabe.Sherbrooke.\t Mrs.Glen Harley cntc-rt\t-ained a; the tfca hour a jo- y party Carmkhea:\t[ return- ed from Macdonald Coli eg\te for the holidays.\t Miss Lila Prsme has\tst*.spend- the hohii&ys with Ler a\tunt.Mrs.Charles Chapman.\tadnivre Mrs.K- Da* es.Mrs.\t.\t \t .rr-atheir home m\t a here Mr.McIntyre Has\t « -i\u201cd Paper Company.f.» j V ^ \\V-\t « a*-* tmVf \u2014r 1U vj- -* c;,\t - M.Gardiner.0^ Moatreal\t tainment in Honor of Manage- The activities of the ovenir.g .\ti iij\tn- were opened at 10 p.m.by Mr.J.ment\u2014several Adoresses UlV- p, Bernier, chairman of the eom- decor-\u2022i-fta en.mittee for the arrangements ations, and purchasing of the gi: with the assistance of the others in the committee, Messrs.N.L.Pre- Bli STANSTEAD.QUE.Complete Courses in STENOC.R VPHY, BOOKKKEP1NC.SECRETARIAT, \\V01!K, CIVIL, SERVICE.Applicants received st any time na resident or day students.Winter Term Opens Wednesday, January 5th, 1 '*27.Write or phone A.D.MACKENZIE.M.A., OR J.D.McFADYEN.Stanstcad, Quo.Children\u2019s Cozy Corner PADDY\u2019S NEW YEAR May all of joy and health and cheer Be crowded in this glad New Year.\u2014Peter Rabbit.-\"C fontaine and Stewart Russ.After V having explained to those present, RICHMOND.Que.January 3.\u2014 n Wednesday, December .do.at 5 p.m.was ''eld, at Rich appropriate.y décorât-,tk\t\u2022 bJ J.f the third yearly rice car.the sixth annual\t-\t^\t-\u2022\t-\t, ichmond C.N.P^ C ( r stiv.as Get-to-gether ^ presw « r »t '.«.\u2022> r»> -a n v\t.\t*\t-».w t o - i \u2022 .A SUCCESSFUL and - °'»-\tPROGRAMME PUT .ncr V v at which many r-th p#^on of Mr.T.J.Silke.\u2022' ' r \u2018 vf Richmond \"ere rdma9ter the C.X.R, Richmond.¦\t\u2022 v^essr#.1.M.php,, Santa, proceeding with the ;\tsupermtenaent; Dr- aiitribution 0/ all the gifts, ac- r.panv # physician, L!complished his duty very success- ON AT DANVILLE Witcher; J.fully, with a smile for everyone.,- - w.er\twere given by Messrs, .yard master; J.Gajn> Waiitcr, Gokey, Hudon, Gir-: signa, uepart-.Pearson.Glassy.McLaughlin, A It «vas New Year's Day.Peter.Rabbit didn't know it.Paddy the j Beaver didn\u2019t know it.None of the | little people of the Green Forest ! and the Green Meadows und the Old : Orchard and the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool and the Old Pas- ! turc knew it.But if you could have! talked to Peter that morning he| would have told you that he was! feeling extra fine.He was in high- \u2014- spirits, if you know what that! Pupils of Sunday School at Trin- means.People do get in high spirit#,: it?Uniai Church Well t-Hjr^ïXS Ι Cu Music and PantonillllCS injr, he just tingled all over with a\ta in the dam, my dear\u201d Especially Enjoyed \u2014 \u201cThe reeling that it was good to be alive.\t.n r\t, ,, n f r; So great was that feeling that ponds.And ic is an expert on leak-.Dream 01 illonlhs Une OI rEa* P(.tcr just couldn't sit still.He scam- Vcs, sir, Paddy is an expert on tures of Entertainment.\tIpered over to the roof of the home | leaks, - v- *-# native cower .,.\t\u2014\u2014\tjof Paddy the Beaver, and he climb- When Paddy and Mrs.Paddy re- !\u2022.mon-i.\u2019V#» also ra\u2019-r-«\u201evot* °$ 3 '^erry ^res^nt^'Vnd''memb^n! sucees&ful entertainment to,»k phu*o ripht on Paddy .> roof m plain\tthey were thoroughly prepared for artment.' ' 0*f th^\u2019f.n.îiw «r.-i Wishing th«L a«»\t\u2018j.a?.\t\u201e.,\u201eiu\t! when the Sunday bchc them through to spring.Their houso had been freshly plastered with mud and there was no worry that any man.______m.\tThe first part of the programme :\\rti t.-.e meeting\t- was given by the tiniest members of « Mr - - Braxeau.supervisor i.Toms, supervisor of partment, of '-v ^arr!;>n-\tnice lunch, served to the gues.i-eroreoke.,les.-rs anwer\tand Poppy: Septe:\tnbor, Harvest\t; Oct\tober.Witch and\tv*OJ' giving; De-!y and Mis-atr in this Ri, Mu thing would or could happen to it.Their dam had been strengthened and put in perfect condition.All this was done before the coming of Jack Frost to make ice.When at last Jack Frost did cover their ponds with ico, Paddy and Mrs.Paddy retired to their house prepared to enjoy the long rest which they felt they had fairly earned.The days were very much aliko down there under the ice.Inside their house was a big bedroom, which was dry, warm and in every way very comfortable for beavers.There they spent a great deal of time sleeping.When thei were hungry they would dive down into the water tunnel which opened from the door of their bedroom, swim along leas- bit of fear.He just had a feel- this out into the pond, go across to h.g that nothing bad could happen | their food pile which was quite on this day.\tnear, get a stick of poplar, and re- x' -,V.un >u?ly enough, down right i turn to their house to eat it at Icis-undcr Peter the very same f ' there,\u201d said he W ard cry e con: Pad ! tg lire.Gf he Yet Pi car,\u201d said Pad I>i irse, you know they ftto bark.The bare stick w-as outside to be used m is ;ik,- every patching the dam or the house, led , .i i Y.-.the da\\.were very much , had a feel- like each other ap they passed.There or.I day.Per- was nothing exciting.No enemy -p at an ex-1 was to be watched out for.If storms ;\t, .' v ,od, howled and raged and made other and into his little people shake and shiver, Paddy -.m.My.how jn-d Mrs.Paddy knew nothing about irk was! , it, Down there beneath the ice the y when they;water was always one temperature, i dont\u2019 know and in their far coats this tempera- .to me eel full ot ?and as all the (c a good if I are was either t« Reddy Cough f* _\t1 r i o ft h vcilucy World, Constant Coughing comfortable.It was hot nor too cold.>x and Yowlcr the Bobcat in.-i and Puma the Panther and Old Man Coyote might feel the pinch of hun-plied Mr?j,, r, Br,d often did, tint Paddy and cular res- ^irs, paddy knew nothing of it.They way.Wc did not suffer from hunger them-happin- selves nor did they know anything jut we ri about the hunger of other people.It V I Ip.way- very peaceful und thumping r(.,-\u2018,;ul.Hut despite this peaceful™.-s Paddy grin- nnd re \"fulr.i s-, Paddy the Beav-er » there.\u2019 said never was careless.Being so safn Peter since never led him to forget that all this sun- a?that %.l_fcty and peacefulness depended on Pin» W: Peter i* U{\t\t\t\thjq\tn.Paddy never c.uid he is\tthump\t¦ fonrot thi\tr.Every\tonce in a w h i Î \u2022* \t~f.M »vr\t\tt w i rn ove\tr M> the dam nnd and I'll thu\t\t* can fully\texamine\tit from one end \t\t\u2019to the ot\ther, ile\twas looking foe dy moved -\t>vpr am\t1 leak 1.Yo>\t.*ir, hr\twan 1 r«>king for in&v Krottv,\tflat tai\t1 leak*.He I\tknew thn\t! n little Irak < an it h a i h u m j\t) on hi?\t' (trow very\tr fast ar\tid can become a .d* f-aeia-r h» hougr.t : e M '¦¦x'jrmtmp k/.lxeri'/r, pr'jp*rty\tf :\tr d It, all over to see that IV 0\tleak?in it.All the time aware of -a happy feeling ti that a happy day had been happier by the friendly on hi* roof that morning, ad thumped him a message 1\tcheer, and be had received -sage, Ro It was that he had begun a now year.('opyrlght, 11127, I.W.Bulges») next story; Safety One» ?afe for Every Coutfb n - y\tiif».i.