Sherbrooke daily record, 12 novembre 1919, mercredi 12 novembre 1919

[" Sherbrooke Daily Record Established 1897\t\tSHERBROOKE, QUE., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1919.\tPRICE TWO CENTS GRIMLY COURT SESSION UPSET BY JUDGMENT\t\t\t \u2022 £ \t\u2022\tW\u2019s Charged\t1 With Murdering Four Amerii\tcan Soldiers ATTACK WAS MADE ON AMERICAN LEGION BY INDUSTRIAL WORKERS I (yrtnnnnrnnrrirrtnr^^ THE OPPuKTUNITY OF A LIFETIME LETTS DRIVE GERMAN-RUSSIAN TROOPS FROM RIGA Four War Veterans Were Shot and Killed as the Armistice Day Parade Passed Headquarters of the Industrial Workers # of the World at Centralia, Washington\u2014Secretary *>f Li* W.W.Branch Was Hanged By Mob Following the Out- * rage\u2014Citizens Plan to Drive All the Radicals from the * Country\u2014State Troops Patrolling the City Today.* * « ! * ! POLICE RAID I.W.W.QUARTERS AT PORTLAND.- » PORTLAND, Oreg'on, Nov.^ 12.\u2014Police last night raided # the I.W.W., headquarters here ^ # and took forty men who were # ! # attending a meeting to the city # State troops today # jail for investigation.\t# & #&####* St######## SAYS THE SUBMARINE WAR WAS PLANNED TO FORCE ENGLAND TO \u201cUSABLE PEACE\u201d IN FIVE MONTHS CENTRALIA, Washington, Nov.1 2.patrolled this city where during an Armistice Day cele bration yesterday four members of the American legion were shot and killed by men said to be members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and Britt Smith, secretary of the local branch of the Industrial Workers, was hanged by a mob.A reason for the attack which came as the head of the parade swung past I.W.W.headquarters today had not been developed fully, but Herman Allen, attorney and member of a committee of former service men and others cooperating with the authorities in an investigation, said evidence had been obtained that it was premeditated.Citizens today planned to drive all radicals from Centralia, where they have been increasing for some time.Centralia was headquarters for Lewis County, industrial workers operating from here into the logging camps and other industrial pursuits of this section.American legion members expressed determination that every 1.W.W.must leave the city.One of the twenty men arrested in the sweeping search for I.W.W\u2019s, following the attack, was said to have confessed plans were made months ago to get Warrçn Grimm and Arthur McElfresh, two of those killed, and William Schates as.to have n\\^\\e ^ submarine cam , \u201e\t.\t\u2022it-\tnpi £ iii\t\u2022\t- paign successful.Heckiers at the Na- ! * and Captain Uavid Lnvmgston.1 he lour had been active m.tional Assembly sub-committee\u2019s in-1 # vestigation into the war, having fail- j ^ ed to get much information as to why ' cfc the submarine campaign was not # avoided, changed their tactics to ques-tioning the former Minister of the ^ Navy on submarine construction.The & of rifle*-: Admiral replied in an endeavor to # ______ _________________________ : prove why submarine construction # ^^rinnnririnr5Tnr?rtnrj\"innrir£nnrtrwas retarded in i9i6, and why it & 3 iu (Associated Press Despatch) DORPÂT, Livonia, Nov.12.\u2014Lettish troops in the region near Riga attacked the German-Rnssian forces of Colonel Bennondt yesterday and pushed them back several miles along the enlhe line, the Lettish representatives at the Baltic States Conference here were advised today.The attack resulted in Riga being entirely freed from menace by Colonel Bermondt\u2019s forces.The Letts, it is added, captured a battery of heavy guns and numerous machine guns., 0.-9-9 A1P AP-PJLPJIA o.o - o o AOAo o ojt j Never again in all likelihood will j there be an opportunity to invest in ! Government Bonds at such a good ; rate of interest as is offered by the : present Victory Loan Bonds.As an : investment pure and simple they are par excellence the best thing on the market in any country.A proof of this, if proof were needed, is found in I the fact that United States investors are buying these Bonds.The old Vic-itory Bonds all sold as high as $106.00 : within twelve months.Conservative I financial men estimate that the pre-jsent issue will go up to $104 or $105 1 within the next few years.Suppose jthey take five years to reach $104.j Suppose you buy them today at $100 and sell them at the end of five years U JLillLSLSLgJLSLiLiLillLiLILilg a S g g P o o ; you will have an investment which 11 i ,\t.mi., [pays you 6.3 per cent., in ten years they are likely to go to $110, and if you sell them then at that price they will pay you 6% per cent.EIGHT INDICTMENTS ARE QUASHED BY DECISION OF THE COURT HUT GRAND JURY SESSION WAS ILLEGAL Mr.Justice Desy Renders Judgment on Motion, Nullifying Proceedings in Cases Where Objection Had Been Made\u2014 Decision Throws Court Into Chaos, Though it is Supposed New Jury Will Be Called\u2014Proceedings Have Always Been the Same.For a farmer, a merchant, a professional man or a widow\u2014for the T brought in were null and void,! jury and the bills which they1 HAT the proceedings of the grand j because or the tact that the list from ' which they bal been selected had 1 never been revised by the Board of ' Revision, and that the cases in which j objections had been made of this ! ground would have to be placecUbefore j the jury again, before they could be j tried, was the decision rendered by | Mr.Justice Desy in the Court of the King\u2019s Bench today, in the motion made by Mr.N.K.Laflamme, K.C i Jf js Held to Indicate RUMANIAN REPLY NOT CONSIDERED SATISFACTORY to quash proceeding against Clark Cameron, accused of manslaughter.i Mr.Laflamme\u2019s motion had\" been on | the proof, which he submitted, that | the board of revision had never met, | and hence that the grand jury had ' Vice Admiral Von Capelle, Former Minister of German Navy, Was Bombarded With Questions as to Why Submarines Were Not Built So as to Have Made the Campaign a Success\u2014Says There Was No Hope in the Navy that Food or Ammunition Could Be Kept from England.(Associated Press Despatch) ERLIN, Nov.12.\u2014Vice-Admiral Eduard Von Carelle, former Minister of the Navy, was bombarded with questions yesterday as to why more submarines were not built so B #**#**#****###*# TROUBLE AT BARCELONA LIKELY TO BE SETTLED TODAY.st ppressing radical activities in this community.I.W.W.SECRETARY WAS TAKEN FROM JAIL BY MOB AND HANGED\u2014UNDERTAKERS REFUSED TO HANDLE BODY Without warning, bursts fire swept the ranks of marching ! overseas veterans as they paraded past I.W.W.headquarters.From that building and the roof of a building across the street bullets came.Per-1 sons in the crowds that lined the street to honor the returned soldiers also drew weapons and began firing.Grimm, leading a company of men, fresh, marching in the ranks, was killed instantly.Ben Oasagranda died, from his wounds.The fourth death was added when Dale Hubbard, recently returned overseas man, gathered a small band and started after the I.W.W.society.The Hubbard group and the fugitives ! grappled after a chase.Smith fired repeatedly at his pursuers.As they clinched, Hubbard received foui wounds in the body.Another pursuer overpowered Smith and he war taken to jail, later to be removed an.hanged after citizens learned tin four of the former soldiers had died C, PROCLAIMS MARTIAL LAW IN NORTH DAKOTA (Associated Press Despatch) BISMARK, N.D., Nov.12.\u2014Governor Frazier this morning announced that he had proclaimed Martial Law in North Dakota and that the state would take over the lignite coal mines at once, following failure of miners and operators io come to an agreement last night as requested by the Governor.* jumped enormously in 1917 and 1918.; A summary of his contribution to # U-boat construction was read by Von 3 Capelle at the start of the session.\u201cEight hundred and ten submarines 3 were built before and during the war,\u201d o) said the former Minister of the Navy.\u201cOf these forty-five were constructed before the war, 186 were built during the administration of Admiral Von Tirpitz and 579 wei- built by me in the two and a half years, I was in office.\u201cI took office In April 1916, and in the nine months remaining in that year, I ordered built 90 U-boats in 1917 I ordered 269, and in the nine months I was in office in 1918 I order-ed 220.It was here his questioning began.\u201cWhy was there such a discrepancy -) between 1916 and the two following % years?\u201d demanded Horr Gothein.BARCELONA Nov.12.\u2014 Tiie lockout by the employers which has tied up industry for more than a week past, is considered today to have been virtually ended as the result of an agreement reached during the night, between the masters and the men.The final decision of calling off of the lockout, however, is to be reached at another conference to call to meet noon.* * « * * * * * * * * * * * at # * * Continued Defiance of the Supreme Council.(Associated Press Despatch) o____ _____ ___ PARIS, Nov.12.\u2014The reply oi been selected arbitrarily, by the Deputy j Rumania to the Allied note recently ,\t, ,me\" Sheriff, acting in his capacity as presented, in which it was again de- chamc at the bench, for the clerk at clerk of the board.It was imperative, ; P^anded that Hungary be evacuated the store there is nc better way to he claimed, that the final list should | >s regarded in Peace_ Conference cir-save money.You can buy a $100 Bond be madc by.the revising board, and | as wholly unsuti factory.The \u201e I ,ir.iwhen this was not carried out, the note, which was taken up f >r consid-y u\u201eh tne Bank and pay $10 ; proceedings were nullified.\t; eration by the Supreme Council this a month and it will cost you no in-j The Crown quoted several previous ;\twas characterized as ex- terest while you are paying for it.! judgments, notably the case of Mor- j tremely evasive.The Rumanians in ! row, and claimed that in no case, j di.cate a willingness to retire to the The County of Sherbrooke has to ! s!1.ould un-v.irregularity in the con- j Riyer Theiss, but they decline to re-«¦> r>,¦'£\\ nn,n i 4.o 4.j xt stitution of the jury, interfere with sPec^ the oigmal armistice lines ano raise $l,6o0,000 by next Saturday the any indictment.\t; ^so decline to comply with the Allied 15th inst.Sherbrooke has always j Judge Desy ruled that, as the pane! ' refluest ^at they name a member oi reached its objective.Sherbrooke al- the grand jury had not been pro- t*?6 Inter-Allied Commission to com- pile the value of the goods seized in Hungary by the Rumanians, so thai this amount could be deducted from a case en-ltde total of the reparations due tc I Rumania.ways got what they went after, and ?®rlJ dTaw,?aP, that it had never ex-Tiort tk,; 4P Mir i\ti lsted at ali- Fie referred to the - i.6\u2019 ^rmCe ^a es honored us Crown\u2019s claim, by stating, that the with a visit\u2014thousands acclaimed him.judgment quoted was in a_____________\t.\t,\t_ The Prince of Wales now offers us a ! tiro'y dissimilar from the present one.: Rumania.While the Rumanian note flae with his Onat-of-Arms nr afw ! Hence, Cameron had a right not to be i18 worded in terms of extreme polite- arraigned, and the indictment against | R is held to indicate ntinued him was declared quashed.\tj defiance cf the Supreme Council.A similar application was made to ! , T\t._______ the case against Bernard Schaffer, j-^-hUlES TAKE MATTER.IN HAND, Sylva Brault, John Belisle, Joseph | BEj.LIN, Nosr.12.\u2014 (Via London.) Labrie, Emile Labrie, Dr.G.A.Tren-j holm and Athanase Labrie, motions ; having been made on the same ground.J On behalf of Cameron and Schaffer,| Mr.Laflamme asked for their release, ' and a continuation of their bond, and this was to be decided this afternoon.«-* we reach our objective.Surely the men and women who did the shouting are now going to do the buying.Sherbrooke\u2019s honor is at stake.The Country calls on us to buy these Bonds.Buying the Bonds means that our factories and stores will have all the work they need.Buying the Bonds means that our returned wounded soldiers will be cared for.Buying the Bonds means that we shall show our gratitude to the boys who defended our 1 lives and liberties.Don\u2019t let us be The Allies have taken measures to solve the Hungarian political situation, according to reports from Budapest to the Lokal Anzeiger.Sir George Clark, the Allied emissary, has delivered on behalf of the Supreme Council, it is stated, an ultimatum to Premier Friedrich, notifying him that a coalition abinet must i be formed within fortv-eight hours oi #**######&###### PIKERS.EXACT RESULT IN DOUBT.' \\lust what the result of the judf-he must retire fro™ the\u2019 premier' ment given today will be, and just /\t1 ' j how long the delay, is not known, Mr.! I Nicol, it is supposed, will ;,jt into I communication with Quebec, and a ' , REPRESENTATION IS SUBJECT OF ADDRESS BEFORE ROTARY CLUB BY MR.C.A.MULLEN I new jury may be called as soon as the ; board has met and revised the list, j On the other hand, suppositions are also being advanced, that it may mean ; a delay of the cases until another ses-i sion, possibly next year, j At any rate, the decision has thrown I local law circles into a chaos of different opinions, for not only has this method been employed this ; ear, hut in previous years exactly the same - proceedings took place in regard to the | drawing up of the jury panel.The composed of the \u201cYou fellows can\u2019t hang me,\u201d he |\t.-\t.\u2014.\"\t.- said.\u201cI was sent to do my duty, and 1 did it.\u201d Smith was tossed from a bridge over the Chehalis River after a rope was tied about his neck and a volley of bullets sent into bis body.The lynching party worked silently and in darkness while taking him from the jail.At 7.30 all the city\u2019s electric lights were cut off, and eight men easily overcame the one man on guard inside the jail.Smith was placed in one of the six darkened automobiles that stood about the jail and rushed to the bridge.Little was known of Smith.Ho| came here a short time ago.Two | undertakers refused to handle his body, and what disposai would be ] made was unknown.Details Of Sordid Tragedy Are Related Before Court In The Mace Murder Case ,\t; Board, which is (jives Kesume or Present Electoral System Which He Says sheriff, the clerk of the crown, Mr.G.is Not Democratic and is Unrepresentative\u2014Comprehensive View on \u201cTransferable Ballot\u201d Which L.DeLottinville, and the Registrar, Mr.W.H.Lovell, has never met in ANXIOUS TO RETURN HOME.PARIS, Nov.12.\u2014The American delegation to the Peace Conference has informed the Supreme Council ol its intention to leave France during the first days of December, according to semi-official information from the French Foreign Office.former years, for the purposes of re vision, the jury having been formed m exactly the same way as was done this year.In the mean time, however, the case of Francis Mace, accused of murder, is proceeding, no objection having beer made in this case, although the grand jury, illegally formed, brought in a \u201ctrue bill\u201d against the accused.Speaker Recommends as Remedy for the Present Method\u2014Applied to Municipal Government.PRESIDENT POINCARE HAS LEFT FOR SCOTLAND King George and Queen Mary Accompanied President and Madame Poincare to the Station.LONDON, Nov.12.\u2014President and Madame Poincare of Franco, concluded their visit here today, leaving for Scotland, where the President is to receive a rectorship in Glasgow University.King George and Queen Mary and other members of the royal family accompanied the President and Madame Poincare to the station.-«-\u2014 ¦i* *> +\t* *!\u2022 h h *»\u2022\t\u2018I* h h ^ THE WEATHER * H*\t4* * + +\u2019I>>\u2019 pulation, and a govoriment was often'\t(Continued on page 8.) Morin, an erstwhile friend, who\twas |11118 11 me 'were rtruniv.\tput t] Cn an actual minority of the livin'1' with Mace\u2019s family at the\ttime,\tMorin then urged the\tlad to take\tpopu'nr vote, because it carried a ma- of the brawl which, according to the some of the lipuor.The latter took jority of constituencies.The same pretensions of the Crown, culminated two or three drinks, and \u201e made him thing applied to municipal elections.I in death.\tslc*c- At about half past three the the various war da being represented The case started yesterday after-\u201cupsTalrs\" twL\tby a sort of \u201caccidental r\u20acpresenta noon, there having been no petition room There ties.In the counting of the votes under this system, they were first apportioned as according to the \u201cnumber ones.\u201d Then, if a candidate had a sufficient number of \u201cnumber one votes\u201d to elect him, that is, ten per cent if there were ten candidates, any other- votes which were appor tioned him on their \u201cnumber ones\u201d would be redistributed according to their second choices or \u201cnumber twos.\u201d The redistribution, Mr.Mullen explained, worked out by the law of averages, and it had not been found necessary to recount those votes already given to the \u201cnumber one\u201d man.It was, he said, very simple, and much by the defence in regard to the alleg- gntlra family.IF father told Morin ed illegal pannelling of the grand |0 ^.gt out 0f yje\ttts ]le jury, as faded in other cases.The made the lad sick The mother also jury was called m the afternoon, and reproached Morin, and them jumped addressed by the prosecution, which on Mace aand boat him, splitting his renewed the case.The witnesses, cheek and his chin.Mace, according said Mr Nicol, K-C-, Crown prosecu-; t0 witness, was less intoxicated tor, would testify in regard to the than ho had been in the morning:, but peculiar friendship which existed be- Morin seemed just about the same tween the accused and the deceased, They grappled, and after finullv beino-and of the quarrel on the evening, separated.Mace went downstairs and when Mace is supposed to have struck Kot an axo.He returned and told Morin\tho1?'1 'Utb blade of Morin to get out, whereupon the latter an nxc, Wiling him instantly.\tattempted to jump on him again, and The first witness called to take me Mace struck him with an axe.Morin stand \\ as Alfred Mace, son of the ac- died instantly, the blade of the axe fused, who had been in the house at j having entered his head, the time of the tragedy.He lived at Cross-examined bv Mr.C.C.Cab-home with his father, mother, his sis-|anai for (he dcfencc> the witness said which .as Morin\u2019s tion\u201d which entirely suppressed the he found the voice of the minorities.Also, the ter Alberta, his brother, who was four years old and Morin, who had resided with th\u201em for some time.According to the lad\u2019s testimony, Morin left for Sherbrooke early one alderman elected from one ward, might bo opposed by the people from! all of the others.In a municipality, the remedy was easier, and lay in the! elination of the divisions.In a city the : size of Sherbrooke, it would be very ! simple to hold an election in which the entire population would vote, not by wards, but as a whole, for the ten a!d-eAnen rr commissioners who were to represent them.Another striking point, comprehensively dealt with by the speaker, was that of \u201ctransperable vote.\u2019 By this system, an elector marked his ballot for several candidates.If there were fifteen candidates for ten positions, he would mark his ballot by numbers; placing a number one after the .- name of the man whom he preferred railroad, while Morin was employed a figure \u201ctwo\u201d after the man who was that his father had worked on the Flo; been family spats before, ho said, and Mace 'Continued on pago 10.> his second choice, and so on Thus, every vote counted, and there would be no unrepresented minori- Not Cive Just Lend In the matter of Victory Rond*, Canada merely axles you to LEND your money and she is ready to pay you an attractive rate of interest\u2014 almost double the amount paid by the savings banks\u2014with the principal back at the end of the period stipulated on the bond.Remember\u2014this is probably the last opportunity of seeurinB sound Government securities on such attractive terms\u2014so BUY VICTORY BONDS And buy to the limit of your ability.Hanson Bros.160 St.James St., MONTREAL.Progress and Development Reconstruction means more than a return to pre-war conditions, in points to even greater progress and development.Firms or individuals who have plans for increasing the scope of their business operations should seek the advice of their banker.Avail yourself of our facilities.WA THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE PAID-UP CAPITAL RESERVE FUND $15,000,000 $15,000,000 Borrow to Buy Cattle \u201cMixed Farming\u201d is the big moneymaker today.Of course, grain and fruit and vegetables pay well\u2014but beef and bacon, butter and cheese, are piling up the profits for the farmer.\t« Milk more cows\u2014-fatten more cattle-raise more hogs.If you need money to do it, come to The Merchants Bank, We are glad to assist ail up-to-date farmers.THe MeRCHANTS bank Head OAHce: Montreal.OF CANADA.SHERBROOKE BRANCH, BURY BRANCH, Established 1864.H.IRWIN, Manager.H.J.SIMONS, Manager.121757 TWO SHERBROUK.L DAILY RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1919, Bringing Up Father By George McManus filS NEVER SEEN IIS [Oil, be * COPYRIGHT 1918.ILL\tMY HU^e>AND OY CETTINC HOME\tTHE COONTRNf one DAY\" EARLIER\tQOY-