St. John's Daily Star, 1920-05-28

              The St. John's Daily Star Our Average Daily Circulation, March 8,898 Newfoundland THE WEATHER Probs-t and S. Wmds; Shmry. VOL. VI. (PRICE: One Cent)] FRIDAY, MA V I 1920, ($3.00 per Annum.) No. 120 British and Soviets Discussing Terms of Peace Increased Postal Charges For Nfld Are Likely Meth Church Increases Salaries of Pastors GET BOOST INSALARIES Methodist Ministers, Canada and Newfoundland, Raised from $1200 to $1500 Per Year. GET PARSONAGES AND HORSEKEEP TOO TORONTO, Ont., May 27—Every ■ Methodist minister in Canada and Newfoundland henceforth is to be paid-a minimum salary of fifteen hundred dollars with parsonage and tarse-keep in addition, according to a decision arrived at here today by the general conference special committee.Rev. Dr. Chov.-n. general superintendent of the Methodist church, at the outset spoke in favor of advancing the minimum from twelve to fifteen hundred which, he said, Was necessary in \iew of the upward trend of prices of food and commodities and. members of the committee a?reed with him. Wilson's Proposal Knocked By Senate Washington, May 27—President Wilson's proposal for the American mandate over Armenia was disapproved today by the senate foreign relations commitee. Only four democrats opposed adverse action on the president's request. « *»• • Will Meet Bolsheviki. Paris, May 27—Th c Armenians have accepted the invitation from the Russian Boisheviki to send delegates according to information received by the French foreign office. 5 CENT REGISTRATION AND TAX ON PARCELS Minister of Posts and* Telegraphs Proposes Increase and Additional Charges to Provide Money Wherewith to Meet Increases in Salaries for Officials of Department. 0 SALT SITUATION IS AGAIN DEBATED LEGISLATION^1 IS ADVANCED BY HOUSE * NUMEROUSLY signed petitions from their various districts oil the subject of modification oi the prohibition law were presented in whole sheaves by Messrs Brownrigg, Bennett, Crosbie, Hapyard. Targett, Coaker (for the speaker), and Jones. Hon. H. J. Brownrigg and Mr. Bennett presented a large number from St. John's West askingl for a modification of the prohibition act. Hon. Mr. Coaker presented petitions on the same subject from Broad Cove, Knight's Cove, St. Brendans, Sweet Bay, Plate Cove, Newtown, Stock Cove, and Gambo in the district of Bonavista. : Capt. Jones presented a large number of petitions from the foW lowing places in Twillingate district asking for a modification of the act: Grand Falls, Bishop Falfc, Bad eer Brook, Mittertown Junction, Boyd's Cove, Shoal Ann, Round Hγ., Burnt Arm, Ward's Harbor, Little Bay, Springdale and Lushes Bight. Sir John Crosbie presented one from Port de Grave district on the subject - His honor the speaker, thru Hon. Mr. Coaker presented a Urgejy sign ed petition from Carbonear ajao ask ing for a modification ©^^fct Mr. Targett lia<TtKTbigeest batch ■ for the evening from the following settlements in Trinity district asking for a modification of the ac\: Port Rexton, Hopeall, Old Shop, Greens Mr., \—hajnpncys Last, oh&nce Cove, I ARM fWI 1 D i_iong rvcacn, oouin L/Hoo, vsn] BOfta venture, St. Jones Without, Spaniard's Cove, New Harbor, Lancaster, Berview, English Hr., Gooseberry Cove, New Perlican, Troytown, Spillar's Cove, Maberly, Dildo, Kerley's Hr., Trouty, Bonaventure, Dunfield, Catalina, Harcourt, Bay Butts Arm, and Trinity east. fhe hon. minister of marine and fisheries asked leave <\to introduce a bill respecting the preservation of beaver and the hon. minister of justice to introduce a bill respecting former enemy aibens. These bills were read a first time. Postal Resolutions. The House then went into commit tee of the whole on resolutions respecting the postal and telegraph service. The minister of posts and telegraphs proposes to increase the registration charge from three to five cents also to ask a five cent tax on ail packages containing dutiable articles coming into the country through the mails. The extra revenue to be derived is to go to increasing the salaries of underpaid servants of the telegraph service. There was considerable talk by. amendment. "An act to amend the consolidated statutes of Nfld. (third series) en titled "of the encouragement of agriculture," and "an act respecting certificates of masters and mates were read a third time and passed. The House then went into commit tee of the whole on the bill entitled "an act respecting the issue of certain debenture bonds of the colony."This was passed without comment and an act to regulate the exportation of salt codfish was taken up in committee. Thie was the occasion of some talk from Mr. Bennett, who wished to correct a false impression which had got abroad that he was m support of the fishery regulations. Talks About Salt Sir John Crosbie also wished to stand in the same box with Mr. Bennett. He wished to be understood as favoring unregulated trade. -Chaos for Sir John. TTie same old I stupid, hit or miss policy should not be interfered with. It has kept the country back for hundreds of years and is well calculated to do the same thing for a Jong time to come, so why interrupt the course of sense less trading. Let it go on, cays Sir John, let it go on says Mr. Bennett, we are for ancient institutions. Sir John also spoke about salt, end said it was serious, but Sir John's manner of dealing with this subject does not warrant the belief that Sir John himself is serious. It is no joke says this prophet of impend ing disaster, who croaks out warnings from day to day, but Sir John has succeeded in making it a joke. The joke is that Sir John does not see that nobody is taking him seriously. Sir John's appeals to the government are falling on amused ears. The government knows how serious the salt situation is. Sir John, and there are men in the government who possibly know as much about the actual conditions as he does. AH that is essential will be done never fear.. Mr. Walsh wanted to go on record as being in support of all that had been said by Sir John Crosbie, i.c, that we should all be in a terrible funk, just now. We should get rattled as soon as possible and not let this golden opportunity pass. "In thes pring the young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Our fancy just now should turn to salt. Mow* F°x and Higgins pressed; for amendment and section three! was amended to read as follows: "Immediate notice of any new I rule or tile flFTyftfrtyffffnft ox ssxy exist j ing rule shall be given by the minister of marine and fisheries to all licensed exporters of codfish. "In recommending any rule respecting Ac fixing of prices the board shall not have power to interfere with any contract lawfully made under rules and regulations ex. is ting at the time time of the finalizing of such contract.'' Second readings were then given the following bills, after which the house adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock: The business' profits tax act, 1917,'' "an act respecting the Montreal trust company." "An act with respect to existing tenancies and ejectment therefrom." "An act resoectine licenses to cut hardwood. ** fere with any contract lawfully made under rules and regulations ex . isting at the time time of the finalizing of such contract.'' Second readings were then given the following bills, after which the house adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock: The business' profits tax act, 1917,'' "an act respecting the Montreal trust company." "An act with respect to existing tenancies and ejectment therefrom." "An act rescectmc licenses to cut hardwood." VILLA, MYSTERY MAN OF NEW REGIME IN MEXICO CRANCISCO VILLA is the "mystery man" of the ftregon revolution in Mexico. At first he professed to be r ready to support the new regime, but soon decuTed to keep on at his old bandit business. N*v he is at large somewhere in the mountains of the country, a price of one hundred thousand pesos on head, with revolutionary forces on his trail and the chances of his capture as slim as ever.  IS VETOED BY WILSON American President 'furris Down the Peace Resolution of the Republican Party. STAIN ON HONOR OF UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, May 77—The Re" publican Peace Resolution was vetoed today by President Wilson. Such a method of making peace Germany, the President said, would "place an - ineffaceable stain upon the gallantry and honor of the United States." Without announcing his intention regarding the treaty of Versailles, j the President declared that the I treaty embodied important things j omitted by the resolution, and said by | rejecting the treaty the United States had declared in effect that it wished "to draw apart and pursue objects and interests of our own." The President added that the peace resolution omitted mention of many important objects for the vindication of which the United States entered the war is safeguarded, is or many," the message continued, "peace in which none of the essential interests which we had at heart when we entered the war is safeguarded, is or ought to be inconceivable, is inconsistent with the dignity of the United States, with the rights and liberties of her citizens and with the very fundamental conditions of civilization." More Troops For Ireland. London. May 27—Following the departure of the Cameron Highlanders for Ireland, three additional regiments havc received orders to embark for Queenstown. These regimnts are expected to reach Queenstown on Monday under sealed orders as to their further movements. Letts and Bolsheviki Make Peace Agreement London, May 27—Th* Lettish and Bdbijpvft-  ivliich have beeiT sitting at Moiscow have reached an agreement by which Russia recognizes the complete independence of Letvia, according to a statement from an official liftrian source in London. VETERANS ARE CROSS i President of Canadian Organisation Says Parliamet Has Treated Return ed Men Unfairly. HAS NEGLECTED THEIR INTERESTS t  QTTAWA, May 27— R. B. Maxwell, of Winnipeg, Dominion President of the Great War Veterans Association, who has been here for several days investigating the'political situation, tonight issued the following message to seventy-seven branches of the association throughout the Dominion."From knowledge gained of the political and economic conditions in Canada during the three years* efforts on the part of the Great War Veterans' Association to obtain equitable reconstruction legislation, I deem it my duty to urge upon you the necessity of an early general election. Parliament has confessed its inability to redeem its former pledges and to restore to returned soldiers and dependents in a substantial measure those economic conditions they would now enjoy but for war service. 'Parliament has shown a reluctance to offset such failure by general measures for the improvement of living conditions throughout the country whereby returned mcnx might more easily regain a secure foothold in national life. • mm n Bolshes Claim New Success Over Poles London, May 27—A Bolshevik official says Borisov was captured on May 25, In the direction of Minsk fierce fighting continues. Our troops retired tonight to new positions six miles west of the river Bcrgian. Other enemy attempts to cross to the left bank have been stopped by our fire. —*-+  Barqt. Czarina has arrived from Barbados with a bad of molasses Id Monroe & Co. t v ,_.,,..,.. WILL NOW ARBITRATE ijAnthracite Miners Accept Wilson's Plan :or Settlement of Their Wage Oisputes. * TO STAY AT WORK IN THE MEANTIME Pa., May 274-The offer of President Wilson to appoint a commission to arbitrate the anthracite wage dispute was accepted here today by an overwhelming vote of the tri-district convention of hard coal miners. Mine workers, howiver, ask the privilege*of selecting a pectical man to represent then on the commission. The con/fehtion adopted a resolution ieclaring that the miners were forced to accept the commission as industrial class lrsislaticn makes it almost jiumanly impossible to wage a juccfssful strfert*. In accepting the President's offer the miners agreed to continue at work under the retroactive understanding reached by the operators and miners and reiterated by the President, which will protect the men workers in wage increases as from April first. i Kolchak Exhibited For Nominal Charge Vancouver, 8.C., |May 27—Admiral Kolchak, former head of the All-Russian Government, after his capture by the revolutionists,; was placed in a cage at Irkutsk and exhibited for a nominal charge, according to N. Deberg, former memßer of the Admiral's staff who arrived here yesterday from the Orient on the steamer Manila Maru. 'Crowds surrounded the cage, according to Deberg, heaping epithet* upon Kojchak and jeering at him. May Requisition All Sugar Stocks On Hand i ■ London, May 27. — The French Government is seriously considering the possible necessity or requisitioning aH sugar supplies both in Fiance and in her colonial possessions*- ARRESTS WIFE DESERTER. Head constable Crane arrived from Port aux Basques, by yesterday's express in charge of a man who was arrested at Port auxfßas-' ques while he was proceeding * to Canada with the intention of deserting his wife. The man, withou*. acquainting her of h» doing. WtW L__ % . » :.. . m W STILL IN NEGOTIATION WITH THE BOLSHEVIKI Soviet Delegates in London, Trying to Reach Basis of Settlement With Britain, Which Insists on Certain Hard and Fast Conditions Being Met By the Bolshevik Authorities. BOLSHEVIKS ACCUSE LEAGUE OF NATIONS OF BREACH OF ALL ITS PRINCIPLES I ONDON, May 27. — Far-reaching possibilities hinge on the success or failure of the conferences about to take place between members of the British Government and representatives of Soviet Russia, some of whom are already in London. There is a distinct air of hostility to proceedings among officials or the foreign office, especially among the conservative element. These men are insistent that before opening any negotiations, the Russians must agree to following the five demands by Great Britain: amnesty for the frag ments of Denikine's government; re patriation of all prisoners; hands oft in Perisa and the near East; cessation of international propaganda; nc invasion of Poland. Although generally speaking Great Britain is not over-anxious to deal with Russia, there exists a feeling of apprehension that Germany and Italy may resume relations befoi • Eng land and thus obtain a prior foothoud unless some agrement is reached.Really A Refusal The recent communication sent by- Sir Eric Drummond, secretary of the kegue of naticropfcr the Russian soviet government expreses regret that the Moscow authorities had set up conditions tantamount to a refusal of the military investigations committee of the league, to \isit soviet Russia has been answered by M. Tchitcherin, soviet commissary for foreign affairs A Moscow wireless despatch to-day says Tchitcherin stated in this reply that the soviet government felt compelled to express astonishment at the character of the league of nations, which, while declaring tha,: its object was the restoration of justice and peace had granted one of its members, Poland, "full freedom to violate peace and strangle jiVice by trying to convert the Ukraine into a vassal state." The commissary declares that other members of the league are affording Poland assistance, both directly and indirectly, and at the same time ;|are giving help to the anti-bolshcviki iin the Crimea. The most elementarj requirements for the safety of th« republic, adds Tchitcherin, makes il impossible, under these conditions, foj the soviet government to take anj decision. Soviet Delegation M. Krassin, one of the delegation 'l lepresenting Russian cooperation il I societies, will arrive in London thii I evening from Copenhagen. He will j join his colleagues Nogin, Losovskj i and Klishko and will without delaj get into communication with the supreme economic council on which an British members chiefly concerned with the resumption of trade between Russia and the allied countries. This conference has been arranged not by the British government bul by the supreme council representing all the allies, London being choser because it is the most convenient place of meeting. Russias most pressing need is fo* railway materials and agricultural machinery and it is understood thai it will be proposed to pay for these partly in gold and partly in Russian goods. JThe attitude of the British gov« eminent is, says The Daily Chronicle, that they are taking every honorable step to restore trade with Russia, not only because the central powers in Europe need Russian ftootfe, "but also for the sake of the Russian people, whose sacrifices foi the allies are not forgotten and who must be an important element in the future community of nations. This is the purpose of JVI. Krassin's visit and it may be accepted that Russian envoys are specifically pledged not to repeat the offence of Litvinkoegn, o! attempting to use his position to aid the bolsheviks. According to the latest news receiv eel by the Persian delegates from Chenan, a dispatch from the Persian capital Tuesday evening says the position is improving. Not only have the bolsheviks not made any further advance but there are signs of their withdrawing. CHURCHMEN DISCUSS  TOWER OF CATHEDRAL Representative Meeting Held At Synod Hall Last Night—Governor In The Chair. I AST night in the Synod Hall a big meeting was held by the Church of England people of the city and outports to consider the erection of the tower and spire with chime of bells on the C. of E. Cathedral. The atendance filled thes pacious hall to capacity and everyone was earnest and quite entfousastic in the i matter. His Excellency the Governor presided over the meeting, and after prayer was offered by Canon Jeeves, rector of the cathedral, the following speakers addressed the audience: His Excellency the Governor, The Lord, Bishop of Newfoundland, Rev. Dr. Jones, Sir Joseph Outerbridge, Hon. W. B. Grieve, M.L.C., Mr. J R Bennett, MHA, Rev. A. B. Stirling, rector of St Mary's parish and Mr. S. G. Collier. The speakers were all of one mind and dealt very earnestly "with the subject laid jbefore them and  thought' it aoviss&le that a itart should be made in rushing the project to completion. Rev. Canon Jeeves, very clearly outlined the policy of procedure and was followed by several in the audience who offered opinions and suggestions in carrying out the necessary arrangements* Before the close of the meeting a conclusion was reached when the entire audience voted that the work should be commenced at once, and a committe appointed to work in that direction. - His Lordship Bishop White, thru Mr. S. G. Collier, was asked to have o£_flppoiin.t'nz f\\fj nffifmy r\_ comnwMiee and with those who are asked to work shoulder to shoulder m the matter will no doubt draft Up seme scheme as their initial progress to be laid before the Synod in Sep*, tember for their sanction. A vote of thanks was proposed by Sir. W. H. Horwood, seconded by C. McK. Harvey wa!s accorded His Excellency, the Lord Bishop, the speakej* and the C L. B. Band for their jpe&dance. The meeting closed vith the J^ SUPER-ZEP IN LONDON Largest Dirigible in the World, Designed to Bomb New York, Is In Possession of British* CRUISING RADIUS OF SHIP 12,000 MILES LONDON, May 27—The largest zep* " pelin in the world super-Zeppelin L One, originally designed by Germany to bombard New York and thel eastern coast of the United States, will arrive in London within a few days, having been delivered to Great Britain in accordance with the terms of the peace treaty. The Zeppelin which far exceeds any other ever built in size has a fly* ing radius of twelve thousand miles, a speed of one hundred miles an hour, and is one-fourth larger than R-33, England's biggest dirigible. It has double the latter's engine power. Another super-Zeppelin somewhat smaller, will be surrendered to tha United States by Germany. 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