Sherbrooke daily record, 16 juin 1927, jeudi 16 juin 1927

[" iM < z.h .rr b l J\u2018 1 L i » L i U Mr h / 7 l SI SEPT Sherbrooke Daily Record Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, QUE., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1927.Thirty-First Year DARING AVIATOR SPRANG ANOTHER SURPRISE TODAY Merchants Association Plan Action-Lone Sailor On Long Trip Rumor Nungesser And Coli Found NATIONS PAY $89,998,531 TO Ü.S.TREASURY lot Confirmed Definite Steps Are Being taken tol * Have Whole Question Settled |t \u2014Since Story of Distress Sig-j* nais First Published Searching^' Parties Have Been Organized, and They Are Reconnoitering District of Northern Quebec.j.j.\t.AGAIPT SIGHTED WHAT v THEY BELIEVED TO BE ?DISTRESS SIGNALS \u2022> AIRPLANES WILL HAVE TO BE CALLED INTO SERVICE Whole World Had Eyes on Quebec Last Night Following Rumor that Missing French Aviators Had Been Found *** (Canadian Preas Despatch) .?*\tCHICOUTIMI, Que,, June * *16.\u2014Reports received here to- \u2022> *\tday by towermen employed in ?**\u2022 the Lake St.John District sta- *> *\tted that they again sighted *\twhat they believed were dis-\t?*\ttress signals coming from the\t* *\tdirection of St.Germain\t?*\tTownship, where it is thought\t?*\tthe missing French aviators,\t*> *\tNungesser and Coli, were\t* *\tforced to land after their\t*> News-!* transatlantic flight on May 9.*> it\t,\tm\t» h\tn\t**'\tThe men were °f the opinion\t* papers Had\tPlanes All\tPrepar- *\tthat the flashes were made by\t*5' ed and Manned by Reporters to ' uses-\t* Of Payments from Foreign Governments, the Largest Was from Great Britain of $67,-575,000.Lindbergh Made Surprise Trip To Washington And Brought Back Own Plane Suddenly Left Midnight Benefit Performance at New York and Went to Mitchell Field, Where He Borrowed a Plane and Flew to Washington\u2014Returned at in \u2018\u2018Spirit of St.Louis.Rush to Shipshaw.WASIHUNGTOIN, June 16\u2014The j United States government yester- ; day received $'8'9,9'98,931 from j thirteen nations on account of their [\t_____ indebtedness.Further swelling the\t\u201c_______ amount due the treasury, officials : HAS ANOTHER VERY BUSY estimated that income payments due j would aggregate ?400,000,000.j Of the payments from foreign governments the largest, $67,575,-000, was from Great Britain and was made in United States government obligations with a small cash adjustment, France paid $H),000,-O'O'O on its debt without prejudice to future action on the unratified Mellon-Berenger debt funding agreement.A payment of $5,000,-OO'O was made by Italy.The obligations of the United States accepted in connection with the payment by Great Britain were cancelled and retired and the public debt was reduced by that * « * »*»###!»#&### * ^ *\tPONS-WINNECKE COMET * « LOOKED LIKE \u201cLITTLE # «\tFUZZY STAR\u2019\u2019\t» & - *\t(Associated Press Despatch) .\t, # CHICAGO, June 15.\u2014The t&s j About 8 0 Clock Thi« Morning « Pons-Winnecke Comet, hurl- » j *\ting earthward a million miles # j & every 24 hours, looked like \u201ca * Charles C.Brown, SIR.C.C.BROWN PASSED AWAY AT CANADA WILL ADOPT SYSTEM OF RESEARCH IN LINE WITH WORK AT LONDON AND WASHINStON Death of Well Known Resident; pac;ijties of Laboratories Arc to Be Thrown Open to Private Occurred This Morning Wasj\tFirms, According to Present Plans\u2014National Research ™ Sixty-Ninth Year\u2014Funeral\tCouncil Is to Be Established at Ottawa.Will Be Held on Saturday.! PROGRAMME TODAY Flight Again Demonstrated the Amazing Ability of Youthful Flier to Do Without Sleep\u2014 He Had Slept Until Noon Yesterday, But from Then On the Day Was a Continual Whirl of Luncheons, Receptions and Theatre Parties for Him.v v v v v v * ¦ *x* * ?;< amount.(Associated Press Despatch > NW YORK, June 16.\u2014Co!.Charles spran~ *\tlittle fuzzy star\u201d to Professor Philip Fox, director of North- *\tglasses, just a degree south- # & west of the constellation \u2018Mu #\tDraconi-s.\u2019 It was clearer of # Of course, using glasses.\u201d *\t« OS»###;*;# ««siS (Special to the Record) DANVILLE, June 16.\u2014 Mr.a well-known S % ifc % % % % & IRISH PARTIES HAVE * MADE NO DECISION * REGARDING POLICIES * (Canadian Press Despatch! OTTAWA, June 1 6\u2014To the * « * * * * end that Canada\u2019s natura ^ 5f ! resident of this town and of the I\tresources may be develop- #1 Eastern Townships, passed away ! ed to the fullest possible extent, ^ # ! here this morning at the age of 69 j that Canadian industries may be «S * j Veal's.\t| placed on the most efficient * ! Mr.Brown was born on January T\tj .u .\t^ 4, 1858,\tand\twas\tthe\tson\tof\tJoseph\toasis, and that the as p -j ^\t(]ecjs;on regarding the\tPoland\tSarah\t(Towne)\tBrown.\tHe\twas\tducts of industry may be utilized,, ^\t;Cy f.0 jjj followed in\tthe the Government has, it is an-] iff\tNew Dail will be taken\tuntil nounced, decided upon an im- ^\tparty meetings have\tbeen * educated at the Danville Academy and Stanstead Wesleyan College.(Associated Press Despatch) DUBLIN, June 16.\u2014 No During his active business life Mr.nr.rtant expansion of the activi- * held by the various factions.nxirn Vi o 1 ri o t-iiityiKov r\\ T mi Kl i\tro A P\t*\t.\t>5*.\tWi + Tn f\" Vin f Vvr o o in/Jûnor-'_ Brown held a number of public and municipal offices, having been appointed postmaster of Danville on ^'June 25, 1905, secretary-treasurer municipalities, village of Danville, November 26, 1891, and township of Wotton, also a member of the r ,\t,.\t* j -\t# With the three indepen- ties of the Honorary Advisory ^\tf0 '3e elected today Coomcil for Scientific and Indus- -by Dublin University, the trial Research.As stated by Sf final state of the parties in Hon.James Malcolm, Minister of « the new Dail Eireann will be * « «S * «S * Trade and Commerce, durino- ^ as follows: .\t= (f Government.inc'.uding the QwEREC, June 16.Quebec!.a wire denying this statement.JIORSES FOR RUSSIA TO was the centre of the world | Today, definite steps are to be last night following the re-1 taken to have the whole question port received here yesterday i settled.Up to the present, since che c- .CL., £ c \u2022 . :k A.Bedard, assitant chief of the Provincial Forestry Service, received two mesages.Onr was from Eu-dore Racine, a forestry engineer of Chicoutimi.This message stated as follows: \u201cSaavrd, inspector, reports that observers at Towers on Rivers Fer-land and Mendachc saw last night at the height of the Peribonka River, a flashing light which appeared to be floating on the waters of the river.Instructions issued to the ob-server to he on the watch during the whole night and to notify immediately if anything further.\u201d Heard Motor of Plane This was followed by another message to Bedard from Bagotville, stating that George Brousseau a trapper, who had just arrived there, reported hearing a machine like that of an aeroplane on the evening of Monday, 'May 9, the day following the take-off of the \u201cWhite Bird\u201d from LeBourgct Field, Parrs.The night was very foggy, he said, hut while near the Ste.Marguerite river, he clearly heard the throbbing of a motor in the air.By the peculiar sound it seemed to be short of gas or out of order.It was going in a northerly direction, he thought.Search Plane to Leave Today Mr, Blais, who had sent the first message about the finding of Nun-gesscr and Coli, was got in touch with over the long distance telephone.He said that he had just discovered that the report was without foundation and that it had been brought to River Bend by a forest worker found out to he unreliabl\".When he heard the news, he said, hr thought rt correct and sent news to his mother in ood faith.He sent townships some time today.1,400, the great part of which ave to be purchased in British Colum-TOKIO, June'Tfü^Thë-cruiser, bia, J.M.McCallum official of the Nachi, which is the second 10.000 Domin/on Department of Agricin-ton vessel pt'ovided for in the Jap-i^ure> announced Calgary yester-ancse government\u2019s naval program- day following his arrival from the me, was launched yesterday.\t! east with A.Ilyoosheen, Russian re- Is Of Opinion That Old Mosaic Law In Business Should Again Be Adopted Bankruptcy Fund of $100,000 Covering Entire Dominion Decided Upon\u2014Will Strengthen and Augment Weapons of Legitimate Business in Prosecuting Fraudulent Bankruptcies.M (Canadinn Press Despatch) ONTREAL, June 16.\u2014 Practice of the old Mosaic law in business, \u201can eye for an eye and a too for a tooth\u201d was advocated by G.Laffoley, presiaent of the Board of Trade, in the course ol i addressing a luncheon of 'busi-] ness men.Held under the auspices of the Merchants' Association of Montreal, the luncheon was for the purpose of inaugurating a bankruptcy investigation fund of $100,000 covering the entire Dominion, which will strengthen and augment the weapons of legitimate business in prosecuting fraudulent bankruptcies.Earnest Bertrand, K.C., senior Crown Prosecutor of Montreal, was the chief speaker, and at the of his remarks he drew attention to the frequent custom of business people, despite the fact that they themselves had been victimized, coming forward and asking clemency for the offenders.Vigorous and merciless prosecution was urged by Mr.Bertrand as a corrective method for -such conditions.\"Let me tell you frankly,\u201d he said, \u201cthat the interference of creditors after the accused have been found guilty is one of the great incentives to fruad.\u201d Mr.Laffoley echoed the sentiments of Mr.Bertrand.\u2018\u2018We know that fraud is rampant in the land,\u201d he said.\u201cAsking celem-ency for the men who have victimized you, why, such maudlin sentimentality should not exist in buisin-ss, 1 think if we should go back to the old Mosaic law, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, business would he clean-or.\" Six trustees will administer the bankruptcy investigation fund.There will be a supporting committee of forty.Of the $100,000 for the whole of Canada, Montreal\u2019s share will be $155,000.Subscriptions are being asked from firms.The money, entirely in the care of the trustees, will he administered through the Merchants- THETFORD INES MAN INJURED IN HEAD-ON CRASH Emile Dubreuil in Si.Joseph Hospital as Result of Auto Accident Near Black Lake on Saturday Evening Last\u2014Other Occupants of C.^i Escaped Without Serious Iniuries.THETFORD MINES, Que., June, 16.\u2014Emile Dubreuil, of this place, is.at present lying in the St.Joseph Hospital here in a serious condition as the result of an automobile collision which occurred between Coleraine and Black Lake at about nine o\u2019clock Saturday evening.According to accounts received, it appears that Air.Dubreuil, accompanied by Miss Catherine Fournier and Mr.Oscar Cloutier, was on his way to Sherbrooke when he met a car dirven by Mr.Achille Metivier, also of this place.The mit\u2019set j drivers are said to have been blinded by the headlights of the approaching cars and crashed head-on.Mr.Dubreuil received severe cuts about the face and body and was at once rushed to the St.Joseph Hospital here.Outside of a severe shock and minor cuts and injuries the other occupants of the cars escaped injury.CONTROVERSY OVER STATUS OF GERMAN RESIDENTS OF MEMEL SETTLED chell Field and at 7.5 7 a.m.was Jrack at Mitchell Field with the other half of his famous \u201cwe.\u201d j The trans-Atlantic flier was at- ] tending a midnight benefit perform- j ance at a Leal theatre in aid of the 1 familfe of the missing French air-1 men, Nungesser and Coli.Sudden-j ly at two o\u2019clock \u201cLirady,\u201d acdom-l* panied by Grover Whalen, chairman of the reception committee and hfe j personal representative, left the j theatre unknown to most of the 6,000 1 1\tin attendance.Even the newspaper-] men assigned to trail the famous ! flier were taken unawares and they [ did net catch up to the scene of their action until he was ready to take off at Mitchell Field.The colonel was dressed in full evening clothes, but over this put on a flying suit borrowed at the field; besides helmet and goggles.He arrived at Boiling-field, Washington, at 4.44 a.m.and started back for New A ork at 5.09 a.m., arriving 2\thours and 48 minutes later.The flight against demonstrated the amazing ability of the youthful flier to do without sleep.He had slept until noon yesterday, but from then on the day was a continual whirl of luncheons, receptions and theatre larties for him.Today he planned to take a short nap before beginning another crowded programme of activities that was to start at 10.80 a.m.life.Fight fans hailed him at the Polo Grounds where he went to see the Sid Terris-Ruby Goldstein battle.He entered the ring and Mayor Walker stood with him as he was ¦presented with a set of golden gloves.The flier's mother left last night for St.Louis in a special car named after her son\u2019s plane \u201cThe Spirit of St, Louis\u201d.ties and of the Agricultural Society! it was the intention of the Min-t 2., 1881, and Shipton istrv to submit to Parliament a Limited, since April, - QQO ,t\t,\t,\tgenerous appropriation for the 1892.He was also a member of the I 6\t, (ft c i, Doric Lodge, No.34, A.F.and A.M., purpose, but it was felt tnat such and Court Danville, LO.O.F.In re ligion Mr.Brown was a Methodist and in politics a Liberal.In 1883 he was married to Emma Taylor, and of this marriage there were five children.The funeral of the late Mr.Brown will take place on Saturday afternoon, June 18, at 1.30 o\u2019clock, standard time.Interment will be in Danville cemetery.Byrd Faces A Probable Delay Of Several Days Id Take off Os Flight To Paris On Account Of Unfavorable Weather Report Indications Are that Flight Will Not Begin Before Saturday and Possibly Not Until Next Week\u2014Has Made No Pleins for Flight Around World.an appropriation should not be (Associated Press Despatch) ^ 1 xi EW YORK, June\t16.\u2014With his tri-motored Fokker mono-\u2019 A plane \u201cAmerica\u201d fueled and provisioned for its projected flight to Paris, Commander Richard E.Byi-d today faced a probable delay of several days in his take-off due to unfavorable weather conditions.Atmospheric conditions over the Atlantic could hardly be worse than at present, the weather bureau announced.\u201cThere is no chance for a trans-Atlantic flight by Friday,\u201d said Forecaster James Scarr.who also declared the outlook after tomorrow is not very good.Commander Ryrd had previouslyt for adequate discussion on the part of the members of both Houses.Important Feature.The sum to be appropriated will be approximately sufficient,^ it is believed, to place the Dominion^ on a per capita basis of .practical equality with other countries which are at present engaged in extensive research work.The most important feature of the proposed expansion will be the establishment at Ottawa of national Research Council.The function of these laboratories will be twofold, as follows : 1st\u2014Standardization work of all kinds similar to that being conducted by the Bureau of (Standards at ; Washington, or the National Physi-cal Laboratories in England.2nd\u2014To make provision for the ! carrying out of research through the laboratories, which will be open to private firms who desire to conduct investigations, under the administration of the permanent staff of the National Council; for instance, any private corporation will be enabled to endow a researcher to conduct an investigation into any particular problem affecting its business, and will be able to retain the results to itself after paying the ™\tcost of the laboratory facilities.CXDîAïfÇ CTHPM: While it is realized that pure LjlUillVl1 science must be pretty well left to i the unversities, it is the aim of the - j Government to co-ordinate all the Many Persons Reported Drowned] forfes .no'V engaged in industrial *\t' and scientific research under one common aim, with a system of laboratories as the national brain for the direction of the entire activity.i iXt 1 -*>\tSpeaker automatically\t\tAXt i *\telected \t\t47\t ; »\tFianna Fail, de Valera\t\t& : *\tParty \t\t44\t* »\tLabor \t\t0-0\t& ; »\tIndependents\t\t15\t i »\tFarmers\t\tIT\t i »\tNational League\t\t8\t ! #\tSinn Fein \t\t5\t* i *\tIndependent Republican.\t1\t& «\t\t\t* » »\tTotal: \ti\t53\t& & \t\t\t& IS RECAPTURED EARLY TODAY PARIS OF RUSSIA DEVASTATE!) BY and Thousands Are Homeless \u2014Heavy Property Damage.SAYS FLYING WILL PLAY VERY IMPORTANT PART IN ANY FUTURE WARS j not begin before Saturday and possibly not until next week.(Associated Press Despatch) NEW YORK, June\t16.\u2014Col.Charles A.Lindbergh rode his hobby and avocation, flying, in anoth announced he would not attempt the! .^OfCOW, June 16.\u2014Thirty-nine flight until the weather bureau had ! ^ f^ctsnn°f+1lthep\tR,usslan Re- .65\t.\tpuolic on the Polish border, aggre- given its .approval, and indications, tin 80000 a have beGn fev_ therefore were that the flight would ^ astated by a series of tornadoes, cloudbursts and hail storms.Questioned as to reports that he planned a flight around the world upon arriving in Paris.Commander Byrd, in Lexington, Va., where a (Associated Press Despatch) GENEVA, June TO.\u2014 The controversy over the status of the German residents of the city of Memel was settled amicably yesterday by an agreement between the representatives of Germany and Lithuania.Premier Valdemavas, of Lithuania.in a statement to the League of Nations Council said his government was prepared to arrange elections assuring popular representation and safeguarding of political and individual rights.Foreign Minister Stresemann, of Germany, expressed hope that the er speech yesterday.Business men | honorary degree was conferred on instead of officials and fliers heard!1™1 by Virginia Military Institute, his assertions this time at a lunch-! sahi that while he has considered eon in his honor\tthe possibility of such a flight he The son of the one-time Pacifist ! ,nTade ™\u201ePlalls f\u201c;,°,ne And.that_Rf member of Congress spoke of war.\u201cWe do not want war in this country,\u201d he declared, \u201cbut one of the surest ways to avoid war is to be prepared for it.There is no longer any doubt but that our air corps will play one of the most important parts in the next war if we have one, and we have not sufficient personnel for that air corps.We cannot train pilots in a few weeks or months properly.Experienced pilots from commercial flying activities can be made into miTtary pilots in a very short time and a well-developed commercial air service in America would he invaluable in time of war.\" He continued: \u2018The air corps in time of war will never take the place of the navy; it will never ta (e the place of the army, hut both the navy and the army must have an air corps.\u201d ADDITIONAL HONORS FOR NEW YORK-PARIS FLIER \u201cmore of a possibility than a probability.\u201d \u201cI have not intended to give out the impression that I am planning such a venture,\u201d he said.\u201cMy plans other than the flight to Paris are indefinite.\u201d -*- RADIOPHONE COMM UNICATION SUCCESSFUL.(As*nci&tefl Bresi.0**p*teh) SCHENECTADY, N.Y., June 16.\u2014Radiophone communication between the engineer in the locomotive cab and brakeman in the caboose of a freight train a mile and a quarter long has been demonstrated successfully and satisfactorily by the general electric company.The brakeman and the engineer talked with each other as easily as two persons would converse over an ordinary telephone.I THE WEATHER ?FINE Pressure is now highest over the Great Lakes and a shallow depression is drifting slowly eastward Many persons are .reported Fifteen Minutes After His Arrest Last Evening Suspect Was Again Free, Making His Way Bootless Through Woods \u2014 This Morning, However, He Was Again Under the Law.(Canadian Press Despatch) WINNIPEG, June 16.\u2014The man who escaped from Killarney jail last night, fifteen minutes after being lodged in a double-locked cellon suspicion of being \u201cthe strangler\u201d slayer of women and children, was recaptured early today by a posse of citizens and police.The man was arrested at Wako-pa, Man., five miles from the international boundary by provincial police officers early last evening.Fifteen minutes after being lodged in the Killarney jail he was frea again, and had disappeared into the It is the desire to concentrate pre- ; bush, presumably to the south of sent earnest, but more or less hap- , the town.Placed in a double-lock-hazard, endeavor under one head; i °d cell he picked the locks with to bring about uniform activity and 1 ease.As is the custom ;n the coun-effort ; and to eliminate so far as : try jail, his boots were taken from possible wasteful duplication.The , him when he was lodged in the cell, men and the brains are available, and he entered the bush country The Research Council has effected drowned, thousands are homeless, an aggressive co-operative system, there is a great loss of live stock,.It is now proposed that there shall 110 bridges have been destroyed, mills, dams and roads are badly damaged.The districts of Mozir.Slutzk, Bobruisk and Minsk are the most serious sufferers.The town of Ko-zireff is said to have been completely wrecked and the authorities are appealing to Moscow for aid.MRS.WINSTON CHURCHILL INJURED LONDON, June 16.\u2014Mrs.Winston Churchilil, wife of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, was yesterday injured in a motor accident.bootless.be established a national institution thoroughly equipped and efficiently manned, whereby all effort shall be focused on one aim.Will Study Entire Methods of Research.A study of the British methods of research is one of the objects'of the present visit of Hon.James Malcolm, Minister of Trade and Commerce, to \u2019 England.In many cases it is observed, manufacturers cannot afford the cost of laboratories, but can well afford the cost of individual and supervised research.At the Mellon Institute at Pittsburgh last year promised measure would bring the the __________ ____ _________ \u201e Association of Canada Bankruptcy situation into conformity with the pounds, or thereabouts, of 1'un-i organization, which has the .statutes drafted by the special Lea- initv.Police pried the lady machinery available.\tgue Commission in 1924,\tThe Colonel\u2019s flight as a s (Associated Pres* Despatch! NEW YORK, June 6.\u2014 This young man Col.Charles A.Lindbergh, who recently flew itcross the ] acrÔ8a\u2018'the \"Western \"Provinces'\"The Atlantic and who has since managed j weather is fine in Ontario and Quote sustain a large number of com-[bec and showery in Manitoba and phments and decorations, was stag-! the Maritime Provinces, gered yesterday.He literally staggered as he emerged from the1 Times building and received full on i chest one hundred and six ! femin-off.ght as a sporting Forecast: Light to moderato winds, fine today and Fridayi stationary or higher temperature.afternoon provisioned for a possible three months at sea.With Hoahna at the helm the $527,900 was expended on private research alone, while at the Bureau of Standards at Washington, half a million was spent for the same purpose.The whole amount spent on research last year in Canada, including all agencies, was comparatively small, and was probably not a third of what would have had to be expended if the universities had not given free assistance.In the same, year in Great Britain the sum of five million pounds was spent on research, and in the United State! $50,000,000 Under the act passed on July 19, 1924, by which the Research Council is incorporated, the functions of the Council may be summarized as follows To promote the utilization of the natural resources of Canada; to undertake researches with the object of improving the technical processes and methods used in the industries with a view to utilizing tho waste products of the industries; to investigate and determine standards and methods of measurement; to undertake the standardization and certification of scientific and technical apparatus and instruments; to investigate and standardize at the request of an industry, the materials used by, or the products of the industry making the request; to make researches the object of which is to improve conditions of agriculture; and to have supervision over researches which may be undertaken by individual firms or organizations which may desire to avail themselves of the \u2018facilities offered.\u2014 -\u2014