St. John's Daily Star, 1919-03-03

              The St. John's Daily Star Newfoundland VOLUME V. ($3.00 per Annum) MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1919. (PRICE: One Cent.) ""No." "50 TOLL OF WAR'S DEAD TOTAL 7,154,000 Russia and Germany 3,300,000 Men« Still Squabbling Over Hun Ships INFLUENZA GERM FOUND Important Medical Discovery—Problem of Disposition of Surrendered German Warships. SHIPS WILL LIKELY BE ALL DISTRIBUTED LONDON, Match —(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)—Reuter's serrn that Yattullan Khan, son sassinated Ameer of tlistan. has acquiesced in the sion of Nesrullah. The whole country is quiet so lar as is ■ present. No trouble has Ii om the murder, the motive i.ich is unknown. It may be ed that the new ruler will'be recognized by the British govlent x c rimes*announces in connection the army medical investigations . fluenza. that after prolonged research.' Major Graime Gibson, Brit- Corino'r. .Australian, and Majoi rownan ol the medical corps, have completed the discovery of what prcbably the causative germs of the grippe epidemic. Major Gibson ed influenza and pneumonia nyestigatiori rind ditd at Ic. .The serm belongs to the and b grown by od. Monkeys i il and developed he lungs, predisposlon of pneumonia. trd to tho fate of the German wa.hips Reuter is officially informed, hi*., (hat their breaking up would take three years and would ! only fetch about $2,000 000, stc- j ondly thai any power taking over j the ships would be faced with insu- ] perable obstacles through spare parts; J thirdly, the ships are now obse-ele;- i fourthly, their use as merchantmen I is impossible owing :o the enormous i coal consumption and the difficulties , of adapting their interiors: fifthly, the i sinking for breakwater purposes has | been proved impracticable by Scapa j Flow experiments: sixthly, if the' ships were divided some basis of division must be found, and it has I been suggested that they be split up accordingly to war losses or on the basis of the present navy strength of the powesr. CHANGED THEIR MINDS. African National Delegates Refuse to Sail on Warship. Capetown, March 1.— Tne national delegates who were to go to Paris to lay demands for a South African republic before the peace conference, and which accepted the offer of passage on the British cruiser Minerva when seamen on the regular i lines refused to carry them, have ; now revised their decisions. It is believed they were impressed lby the outcry in the country districts against their travelling on a British warship. ,—, . m »  Fatal Explosion Franklin, Mass., March I—Bodies jof three unidentified men were found I early to-day a short distance from I 'he scene of a mysterious expolsion that damaged the mill of the American woollen company, and fifty dwelling houses last night. The bodies were badly mutilated. . i  Zionist Case Stated Paris, Feb. 28— (By the A.P.)—| ] Dr. Sokolow, head of the Zionist ! delegation to the peace conference,' —aid to-day, referinrg to the appeari ance of the delegation before the ! peace conference, that the council lof ten gave attenticve hearing to ; the Zionist case, and that as far as II c could judge, the prospects were good for favorable action. I  Cut British Army Down jArmy, AftcrTDemobilisation, To Be Less Than One Million. London, March I—The British ar- Imy at home and abroad, exclusive of 1 the force in India, now numbers ' 7 500,000 men and is being reduced Ito 952,000, according to a white] | japer issued by the government to-, I day.. The army on the Rhine, including troops in France and Belgium, will l consist, after demobilisation, of 28,- j 600 officers and 380,000 men. New Terms Are Drastic E Demands Made On Huns By the n, March 3—Commenting upon the terms which Marshal Foch will present to the Germans, Tfi€ limes says: "They will be severe and such as will effectively disarm the central powers on the side nearest France. France has a just right to extra military guarantees on her frontier towards Germany and thest guarantees may well have to take the form of special territorial adjustments. In any case France may countbn our sympathy and assistance in obtaining all these new guarantees^ . "But the chief weakness in future will be in Eastern Europe, and that is why a barrier of new states to be erected between the Baltic and Adria,;c will need strengthening by every means in our power. Although France has a particular interest in t«:e west from the defection, bolshevik Russia makes undesirable that she should find some (Substitute on the east for her old Russian alliance and it miwf be a great joy to her people that this substitute should take the form of a barrier line of free peo- NEW ASSEMBLY PROPOSED Elections To Be Held in Hungary During April London, March I—The Hungar:an cabinet has decided to issue orders for the election of a new con-' stituent assembly to take place dur-j ing part of April over the whole country, regardless of enemy' occupation, according to a Reuters despatch from Budapest. This step was considered necessary in view of the government's foreign policy, it is said. » o ■  Canadian Troops Home Halifax, Feb. 28—The steamers Lapland and Belgic arrived here today from Liverpool with over 5,000 returning Canadian soldiers. KYLE REACHES PORT The R.N. Co's steamer Kyle, Capt. Stevenson, arrived in port at 1.30 this afternoon with passengers and mails. Owing to the ice conditions it was not thought advisable to attempt to make Placentia. She sails again at 6 this evening. > ««fc »  MAGISTRATE'S COURT Two boys found at the R. N. Cos. premises just after, midnight were discnarged. | 1 7-year-old girl of Parade Street, charged with loose and disorderly conduct, was sent down for thirty days. A boy charged with firing a rifle in the city limits was fined $5.00. Another boy charged with coasting over Theatre Kill was fined $1.00. Health Inspector O'Brien summoned a resident of the east end for a breach of the health regulations; j defendant had to pay costs. Judge Morris handed down judgment in the case of Mrs. Snelgrove against her husband, Jonah, for nonsupport, which occupied the attention of the court in December and, January. The husband was ordered to pay heT $5.00 per week. ■ « The sealing steamer Seal was reported by wireless in the ice. She is now due. I ST. JOHN'S LADIES ARE DECORATED "Palme dOr Croix Rouge Francaise" Given By France UIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR held a reception at Government House, Saturday afternoon at which the vice-consul for France, M. Suzor, presented the Palme dOr of the Croix Rouge Francaise, in recognition of their work during the war in aid of the French Red Cross, to the following ladies:—Mrs. Tasker Cook, Mrs. C. McK. Harvey, Mrs. Norman Alderdice and Madame Su- The decoration was accompanied by the following diploma. COPY OF CERTIFICATE Par application de la Decision dv Comite Central dS la "Croix Rouge Francaise." en date dv 16 Octobre, 191 7. 1' Association dcs Dames Francasises a accorde une palme dor a Madame Suzor en reconnaissance dcs services rendus par elle a la Societe Ilomite de Terre-Neuve. s, la ler, Janvier 1918. he Governor, speaking French, omed the French consul and ex>ed the great pleasure it gave him 'lace Government House at the /nsul's disposal. An appropriate re»was made by M. Suzor. he recipients were presented to vice-consul by Capt. Campbell A.! D.C., and on receiving their decorations were warmly applauded by all j present. ' Mons. Suzor announced that he had a furthejjdecoration for Miss Ar- I moreH'farns hoped to have j the/pleasure of presenting to her in j peKon on her return to Newfound- j The following were amongst those who received invitations to be present:—-Mrs. Charles Harvey, Mr. C. McK. Harvey, Mr. A. J. Harve R. H. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Paddon, Hon. J. and Mrs. Harvey, Miss Walker, Mr. W. A. and Mrs. Reid Mrs. Alderdice, Miss Joan Rendell, Capt. H. V. Reid, Mrs. Tasker Cook, Hon. T. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cake Dr. and Mrs. Jones, Madame Suzor, Mons. Mme. and Mile Bidel, Mrs. and Miss 0'- Dwyer, Miss Shea, Mrs. Mare, Mrs. Edens, Mrs. Keegan, Mons. Charles, Mme. and Mile. Farvacque, Sir P. T. McGrath and Mrs. Fraser, Mrs! G. H. Emerson, Rt. Rev. Bishop White, Mrs and Miss White, Mgr. McDermott, Rev. Dr. Greene, Sir Wm. and Lady Horwood, Major and Mrs. Macpherson, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Steer, Mr. and Mrs. Browning, Miss Mildred Gift, Lady and Miss Whiteway, Hon. J. A. and Mrs. Clift, Mj\ and Mrs. Benedict, Miss Nora Rendell, Mr. and Mrs. A. Macpherson Hon. J. C. and Mrs. Crosbie, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cur- EAGLE REACHES PORT. —— I Danish Schooner "Abba" Cut Thru By Ice Floe. The Bowring sealer Eagle, Capt. { Taylor, which was jammed in the j ice, having rescued the crew of the j Danish schooner Abba, reached port Saturday night. The Eagle was harbored at St. | Mary's owing to trie ice blockade, when she was ordered to go to the j assistance of the schooner Abba, j which was flying distress signals off j Mobile. The Eagle found the ice very heavy and had much difficulty in getting near the vessel. The Abba was j found to be leaking badly, having been cut through by the ice. Capt. Taylor took off the five men and the schooner was then set on fire and eventually sank. The ice then loosened somewhat and the Eagle got underway for St. John's and had almost reached Cape, Spear when the gale sprang up,, the ice tightened and the steamer was driven off. The Abba's crew consisted of five men, Capt. Hansen, mate, cook and two sailors. She was bound from Iceland, where the mate joined her, in ballast to this port. The captain of the ill-fated vessel is an old salt of nearly half a century's experience. He is a brother of Capt. Hansen of the Proven. Hon. Tasker Cook is looking after the needs of the men. • i Mrs. Walsh, wife of Mr. John Walsh, of the R.N. Co's freight department who has been seriously ill for the last ten days, shows no signs of improvement. FACES A NEW REVOLUTION - J,Fresh Upheaval Expected 1 i in Germany Where Chanj cellor Scheidemann Has Resigned. IjSPARTACANS MAKE FRESH TROUBLES ■jIONDON, March I.—A further revolutionary movement in Ger' many is imminent, according to a report reaching London through j Holland today. It is added that ; Chancellor Scheidemann has resign■UMobs Busy At Weiayir. Berlin, Feb. 28.—Gen. Maerocker, commander of the troops guarding the national assembly at Weimar, 'was attacked by a mob in Enfurt today and robbed of a portfolio containing important documents bearing on the plans of the government for i dealing with the strike situation in Central Germany. The general was attacked in front oi the barracks in Erfurt and was beaten severely before he could be J rescued. The shoulder straps were torn from his uniform by the men. International Demoralisation. London, Feb. 28.—Several of this morning's newspapers feature articles on the international demoralisation of Germany and the dangerous growth of bolshevism as a result of lack of food and the increase of unemployj ment and express editorially deep 'concern at the problem thus created for the allies. Various reports concur in declaring that the h I extremely urgent. A Reuters report describes the position of Germany as more precarious than it was last November. Discontent is growing, the people are hungry and the government is unable to improve material conditions. This report says: Far-sighted and well-informed men are pessimistic and apprehensive at the ominous signs which show a tendency toward anarchy. Martial Law Declared. Paris, Feb. 28.—The soldiers' and workmen's congress at Munich has declared martial law for all of Bavaria, according to a Munich despatch to The Matin. Spartacans Quit Dussddorff. Copenhagen, March 1.—Muenster government troops entered Dusseldorff on Friday and occupied the railway stations and public  spartacan leaders escaped and the town is quiet. Basle, March I.—Spartacan forces offered very feeble resistance to government troops when the latter took Hamborne on Thursday and gave up two cannon, three thousand rifles and a quantity of munitions. At Essen the number of strikers is now estimated at 5100. If the strike continues there will be a strike by the j bourgeoise as a protest against dis-! ernmenL B.I.S. MEETING 1— • The adjourned meeting of the B.L J S. took place yesterday when the following literary and amusement com-j mittee was elected:—J. R. McDonnell, Jno. A. Barrou, W. J. Higgins, B. Charming, J. Rawlins, M. J. Savage Jno. Burton E. J. Ring, R. Alsop, D. French, Jas. Aylward, C. J. Fox, C. Merner N. J. Vinnicombe and M. J. Donnelly. Wednesday night a meeting wijl be held, when the different sub-corn w*ll **  Cossacks Make Gains Stockholm, March 1 —Genera] Krasnoff the Cossack leader, has occupied Saratov on the Volga river and Volsk, seventy miles to the north easf, Iriccordiing to ' reliable reports reaching here. After, Profiteers Madrid, Feb. 28—The government has taken possession of all bakeshops. Premier Romanones has issued a statement saying that protests against provision dealers has assumed tuch an aspect that it was necessary to take serious precautions and that martial law has been declared so as to enable the government to work better for a settlement of pending jocial questions. "~  The s.s. Portia sails west again on Wednesday. RALLY TO HELP GOVERNMENT 130,000 Volunteers Line up Against Bolshevists Paris, March 1 st.—Government troops are marching from three directions upon Salle and Merseburg, Prussian Saxony, says a despatch to the Saus agency from Basle, quoting The Gazette of Frankfort. The Leipsic-Dresden railway has been cut and is now occupied by the strikers. Five thousand government troops are massed before Dresden; according to The Gazette's Berlin correspondent. More than 130,000 volunteers have enrolled throughout Germany to aid the government. Bolshevik Barbarities 'Red' Forces Snoot Down Captives With Machine Guns. London, March 2—(via Reuters Ottawa Agency)— Reuters correspondent in South Russia, who travelled to the Caucasian coast aboard the veteran cruiser Grafton which fired more shells in the war than any other British warship, telegraphs from Ekaterinobar that the Bolshevists have taken as hostages a hundred notables, including General Rusky and Radmo Dimitroff, together with several ladies. These hostages were driven in motor lorries to a spot where they were placed against a cliff and shot down with machine guns by Bolshevist sailors. Those who still showed signs of life were hacked to death with sabres and cutlasses. » ■  ON VERGE OF FAMINE Czecho-Slovaks are Short of Food And Ask for Aid London, March 2—(via Reuters Ottawa agency)— is infrrmed by the Czecho-Slovak legation here that, according to The Journal Ceske Slovo, Prague, and the entire Czecho-Slovak republic is on the verge of famine. Flour, fat and meat ang vegatibles are nowhere ob tamable, all stocks are exhausted and the population cannot hold out until the next harvest. In one hospital in Prague 16 patients out of three hundred died of inanition only 15 pints of milk being available for the patients in the maternity institute only three pints were available for five patients. NOT YET DECIDED Allies Have Made Plans Regarding Hun Fleet Paris, March 2—Foreign minister Pichon to-day had his weekly talk with the newspapermen. He declared that the question of the disposition of the German fleet had not yet been j brought before the peace conference. Concerning the questions connected with the Kiel Canal, if it should or not be internationalised, or if other measures should be taken to remove the strategic value of the waterway ■tc Germany, also had not yet been discussed. COLONIAL QUESTION Germany Prepared to Concent to Arbitration, Weimar, March I—members of the German national assembly rushed through several bills at this morning's session in an effort to get back to and finish the discussion of the national constitution but the deputies again fell afoul of the transition law bill on which discussion had been deferred. A measure concerning the future of the German colonies was sponsored by the colonial minister. He said that Germany was willing to submit the colonial question to any impartial and nonpartisan commission on the basis of President Wilson's fourteen points. » ■  Read to Compromise Rome, March 2—Premier Orlando speaking in the Italian chamber of deputies taniay, said that Italy had agreed to a policy of compromise and conciliation relative to conflicting claims on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. ■ * The remains of the late Miss Minnie Goodridge were interred at Southsea, England, Friday afternoon. Urge Action By Congress Irish Americans Bring Ur? Question of Home Rule. Washington, March I—Congress as urged today to express itself on question of the self-determination of Ireland before its adjournment next Tuesday by a delegation, appointed at the recent Irish race con- Eion in Philadelphia, fter hearing the delegation, the c rules committee agreed to report a special rule giving right of way for consideration of a resolution ■nstructing American peace delegates to urge Ireland's cause before X peace conference, he delegations, headed by Juss John W. Goff and Daniel F. Cohalan, of New York, included more than forty American citizens of liish descent. Working for National Unity Paris, March 2—Forty Million Rus sians in organised governments are now cooperating in a movement for a reunited Russia. These Russians are working and fighting, dying by hundreds and yen by the thousands daily in an effort to save Russia from complete destruction, and all this is being done without a thought of political ambition, said Sergius Sazon- 'JUNE' RETURNING A.wire was received from Cape Race this morning that the weather was calm and clearing. The shore is clear of ice as far as can be seen. The motor schooner June passed inward at 8.20 a.m. The June sailejd only last week with fish from Baine Johnston's. . « »  TOTAL WRECK The board of trade has received a cablegram from Oporto that the schooner Reginald R. Moulton is a total loss. The Reginald Moulton loaded fish at Sound Island for A. H. Moulton. She had 3946 quintals. « ♦ » 'MILMORINE' ARRIVES The three-mast schonoer Milmorine owned by R. Moulton. Ltd., has arrived and berthed at Baird's wharf. She is from Bursreo and on the way long suffered a little damage from ice. She is bound to Brazil and will sail again in the course of a day or two. The Milmorine is a new vessel and this is her first visit to St. John's. Capt. J. Vatcher commands.her. FISH CARRIER LOST The deputy minister of customs has received word that the schooner W. T. White, which loaded fish at English Harbor west, while on her way to Harbor Breton for Portuguese papers, ran ashore inside the lighthouse at Harbor Breton. The schooner floated off again but is leaking.  AWFUL TOLL OF CONFLICT Men Killed in Battle, or Died of Wounds Total More Than Seven Millions.RUSSIA'S LOSSES BIGGEST OF ALL WASHINGTON, March I.—Battle deaths during the war among all participants as far. as available statistics show were given today by General March, as 7,154,000. This represents only men killed in action or died of wounds. In the jist prepared by the general staff, Russia led with a total of 1,--700,000, Germany was second with 1,600,000, and the United Stales last with 50,000. Approximate figures for other nations .were, France 1,385,000, England 706,700, Italy 460,000, -Turkey 400,000, Belgium 102,200. Rumania 100,000, Serbia and Montenegro 100,000. Austria- Hungary 450,000, Bulgaria 100,000. LETTS CHASE REDS Bolsheviks, Badly Defeated, Are In Retreat Stockholm, Feb. 28—Lethuanian 'roops closely pursuing Bolshevik forces, have ■ passed the line of Schaulen-Sjoduva-Vieves and Varona, which towns are in Lithuanian hands, according to advices received here from Kovno. Lithunian forces have reached Toakta, about thirteen miles east of Vilna. Ownig to their defeat the Bolsheviki have requested a suspension of hostilities, but the Lithuanians have refused, it is reported. WANT GENERAL STRIKE Spartacans Try to Foment Labor Troubles In Berlin Berlin, Friday, Feb. 28—The strike situation in central Germany was unchanged up to eight .o'clock tonight and government troops had entered Dusseldorf. Minister of labor Bauer is conferring with the strike leaders in I.eipsic and Halle. Berlin newspapers report that attempts are being made by the spartacan leaders to have a general strike proclaimed in LUNCHEON CLUB A luncheon club is being formec1 among members of the board of trade The idea is to encourage closer inter' course between all sections of the met cantil community, and to hold luncheons to welcome visitors, etc. Similar institutions abroad havei their luncheon clubs, and it is believed the idea will be successful here. MINES ADRIFT Report is made of two mines adrift in the Gulf Stream about 430 miles south west of St. John's. They drifted from the American coast. L?llllH!iii:i!!llllllillilllH Irain coatsi! rain coats!] Ijust receivedl S. S. 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