St. John's Daily Star, 1920-06-24

              The St. John's Daily Star Our Average Daily Circulation* March 8,898 Ifi: - _. Newfoundland THE WE A 7HERFrobs--Jiut Today and Friday • " -■■■ k  ■ ■ ' | — VOL. VI. (PRICE: One Cent), ■—«—■———■—_—_»__|_iiii I, mwmmmmmmmm^m^mmmmmmmwmmnmwmmmmmtmmmm^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. . THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1920. ($3.00 per Annum.), , -■-— No, 1451 Scenes of Wildest Disorder in Londonderry ; British Troops Are Rushed to Terrorised City POLICY IS ATTACKED Asquith Leads Attack On Government Policy' in Mesopotamia—Army Estimates Hot Debate. - ASQUITH'S MOTION IS DEFEATED LONDON, June 23—The army estimates coming up again in the I house today, gave the commons an i opportunity of discussing at length British policy and operations abroad, special attention being directed to proceedings and expenditure in Mesopotamia.Asquith led the attack by moving a reduction in the vote. He declared there was no legal right for British fooling in Mesopotamia and urged the withdrawal of troops. Premier Lloyd George defended the vote, ipointing out that Britain kd responsibility for establishing order and good government in Mesopotamia and wefe they to withdraw j now they would later have to reconquer that country. The motion was defeated. The minister stated in reply to questions that a bill regulating the hours of employment would be brought in and an anti-dumping bill I would be proceeded with. Yellow Fever Breaks Out in Vera Cruz City Mexico City, June 23 (By Associat ed Press)-—Yellow fever is believed to have broken out in Vera Cruz* where numberous cases of Bubonic Plague were reported recently, according to newspaper despatches received here yesterday. • m •  Ten new automobiles werc import « by the Choctaw yesterday from New York. LONDONDERRY IS SCENE  OF PITCHED BATTLE.  LONDONDERRY June 24—Terror held sway here yesterday and last night rifle and machine gun fire sweeping the streets in the fiercest fighting to develop thus far in civil ' war which began last Friday between Unionist and Nationalist forces.The number of killed and injured during the day had not been deter- I as it has been impossible to reach scene of the veritable pitched (battles in Bishop Cross and Bond Street. It is baheved, however, that there | were scores of victims. Hospitals are ! being taxed to their capacity in caring for those struck down by bullets fired by the opposing factions. m*m*+  Bad Language Dispsts Grand Stand Patrons At last night's game on St. (George's field one or two hooligans | vented their disapproval of certain j incidents in play by using blasphe- Imous and rotten language while hun idreds of lady spectators on the grand ! stand were compelled to listen to 'such an intolerant exhibition of the J antics of these fans. According to lour informant this language was in earshot of every man and woman on the grand stand, and the stronger sex who were in the immediate vicinity of these ignoramuses are not to be recommended for their spineless mac tivity in dealing with them as they should have been dealt with. The v/omen of St. John's will not attend football games if this sort of thing is permitted in future. —i m ■  CAVE WINNING Al THE STAR S»et to press, news comes to hand that Blackhead leports 90 r.ier cent in favor of face and Western Bay GO per cent. Other messages indicate Cave'i election by a Jarge majority. Schr. Frank R. Forsey has cleared from Maryslown for Oporto CITY HELD IN TERROR Londoifderry City is Held by Warring Factions.— College is Attacked and Casualties Occur. MANY DEAD LAY ALONG STREETS __________ lONDON, June 23—Civil war con- , tinues in Londonderry, there be-j ing fierce; fighting in streets over a' wide area of the city last night, ac-, cording tso a Central News despatch, j St. Columbkills College, a Catholic institution, was attacked by rifle fire and a Catholic named McKenna was shot dead in Bishop St., on which the college is located. Numerous other casualties are reported.Streets Are Deserted. London, June 23—Londonderry was again the scene of frioting today. I At nine this morning fighting was going on between the opposing parties of Unionists and Nationalists, who over barricades that had: been erected at various vantage points. The military was active in preventing citizens from venturing into the streets, which were deserted. Many dead and! wounded are Tying on the streets. Looting occurred in the city during the niglfc. :S! »—•  ANNUAL METHODIST CONFERENCE OPENS Yesterday's Sessions Are Devoted to Preparing Work <rf the Conference—Education is Discussed THE Methodist Conference opened for the transportation of business in Wesley Church yesterday morning. At 9,30 President Bond's gavel called the Conference to order. A spirit of reverence pervaded the conference during the opening exercises. The singing was led by Dr Saint wlio revels in the old tunes of earlier Years. Prayer was offered by Revs. T. W. Atkinson, W. H. Brown ing, Mr. George Hudson and Mrs. Eugene Lindsay. After the devotional exercises the lay representatives were called and correctiqps made. Rev. Dr. Fenwick was elected on the second ballot and to the chair for the aecond time. The Rev. William J. Norris of Bay cf Islands was the choice of confer tnce for secretary. Rev. Ezra Broughton was elected as statistical secretary, Rev. Sidney Bennett was appointed to the' journal, ReV». Harry Goppin and Charles R. Blount were appointed assistant secretaries and Rev. W. W. Cotton, reporter*in-chicf, who appointed his co-reporters for the various papers in the city. The retiring president received the thanks of conference for his year of faithful services and replied in a humorous vein. A similar recognition wai accorded to Rev. H. Royle and his> assistants for their duties. Mr. R<jgrle replied and refeared to his leaving for the London conference.The morning session was brought to a cjepe by the" administration of the sac«pment which was a time of solemn i43edic!»tiAn and renewed con aeration to God. Af*f the bemdktion, Rev. W. H. Brownifcg, secretary of the station commit|ee read the list of stations, but as if may fee subject to many al terataon* at die next sitting, the results f% withheld from_sne public until the finalizing °f tRI mt»- Trjii *essk» ooened with singing ■'& ffc| R*v. Wililam Harris eh«ag edmpsryer. The district secretaries handecfi in the various reconimendatiom* cjf the different districts. Coniliunka-ons from Canada the Mftthodist National Campaign wefe iljad by ex-president Bond. The iiominating committee report ed thefpersonnel of the various con {trencjjj; committees. This committee remaufijd the ministers and lay representatives of die various committees where their best and sanest judg meat wR be needed , The adjourned in order tolallow the committee to provide material for the subsequent de GERMAN FOLK RIOT AS PROTEST AGAINST H.C.L. SHOPS ARE PILLAGED Police Are Powerless to Keep Order and Belgian Trope are Forced to Intervene MANY CASUALTIES OCCUR Fruit Stands at Frankfort are Attacked and Vendors Made Redace Their Prices DERLIN, June 23—Riotous demonstrations against high prices of food in which many persons were wounded in clashes with the police, are reported from Osnabrueck, Province of Hanover, from Crefeld, in the Rhine province, and from Frankforton-Main.At Osnabrueck a crowd tried to storm the prison. Shops were plundered and some persons were wounded by shots fired by police. Demonstrators at Crefeld raided the market place and stormed warehouses, throwing goods out of the windows. Shops were pillaged. The police were powerless and order was restored only when Belgian troops intervened. There were many i casualties here. Fruit stands at Frankfort were attacked by mobs, the vendors being compeled to reduce their prices. ■ mm % Rebel Forces Quiet Thruout Mexico Now Mexico City, June 23—Reports of j lebels in various parts of the countr>! were officially denied in a statement! ir.sued at tlte foreign office informa-! tion Bureau last night, which said that with the exception of the Villa movement in Chihuahua the country was peaceful Near Woman Found Near Cuckhold's Cove  ov The missing woman Mrs. Bartlett, who strayed away from her Tiome, Signal Hill, early Saturday morning, was found yesterday afternoon by two men named Doyle and Jenkins while searching for her, in thc shelter of a boulder near Cuckhold's Cove. The two men then assisted her to her home, Cabot Tower, where she was attended by Dr. Fallon. The doctor j pronounced her in good physical con i dition but mentally deranged, ancT ordered the woman to the insane asylum where she was conveyed in the ambulance at 8 o'clock last night.. ..... i mm • Denies Report That Krassin May Quit London, June 23—A semi-official announcement was made yesterday that no crir.u exists in negotiations which Premier Lloyd George is conducting with Leonide Krassin. Rus- San Bolshevik Minister of Trade and Commerce. ■ • Three of the Tinsmith employees are still holding out against the demands of their men. Some ten in all are left out of work now over a month, and it is up to the employers to speedily arrive at a decision. liberations and conclusions of this deliberative body. Evening Session. The evening session was devoted to the important subject of education. Ex-president Bond in the absence of the president opened the session. Dr. Bond paid a tribute to • those who had given their lives to I the training of the men for the mm istry. He then introduced Professor Watson of Sackville University who addressed the conference. Professor Watson maintained that j "jfcjjtliturch was the mother of edu- j <§Epr& The ancient synagogues ; Vpre Jpe schools of the Jewish na-, Juoh. It was a good effort! and showed that Professor Watson was master of his subject and well saturated with the facts which. he delineated. I Professor, Watson is an ordained minister Methodist Church. He was born in Ontario and for some ttt§|3iJßspciate pastor of the Toronto. He came to adwocate the claims of Sack vijlj' University. Sackville has won six Rhode tfpfjarships and three of them were/Newfoundlanders—a son of Dr. Curtis, Mr. Hollett of Burin, ajid Mr. Guy of Carbonear. The educational report was then7 read by Dr. Dunn. —G.R.M. J Two male inmates of the lunatic asylum escaped from that institution yesterday afternoon, and the police having been noiified of the matter, have been searching for tnem ever since. A young woman was found wandering the streets last night without home or friends and was taken into the police station over night for shel ter. The authorities are going to see what can be done for her. Extremists of Both Sides Engage in Pitched Battle Londonderry, June 24—Irish rumors of a most alarming character are current here. Nationalist forces are said to be gathering to the northwest of city preparatory to attack, while Unionist adherents are entering the town and are being collected for a grim defence of the place. Several companies of British soldiers are on their way here from Belfast but are making part of the trip on foot, it being feared trains carrying them would be wrecked by lawless elements. Some troops arrived here yesterday and a British destroyer is lying in Lough Foyle. north of the city. lie men engaged in actual fighting are the extremists of contmgejit factions and probably number only a few hundred. They absolutely terrorized the city yesterday, howeyer, as they fired volleys down the streets from barri c*des they erected or posted on roofs or in windows and shot at almost everyone who dared to appear. Bishop's Street along thoroughfare running south westwardly from die town hall has been the principle battleground during the past twenty four hours. Down Bish tie ground durin? the past twenty four hours, Down Bish op's Street and River Royle to the east there are a number of narrow crooked streets in which there have been fierce encounters. Londonderry is facing starvation if the fighting cc>n tinues. It is impossible to deliver supplies to houses and wMrtNlares veniwe out of doors in die business sermon of the town. W"I'**^--**-* BRITISH TROOPS PROTECT PROPERTY Londonderry, Tune 24—More British troops have arrived in this city" and their greater activity in efforts to protect life and property has had a quietng effect. Two snipers have been arrested by soldiers. Besides actually attacking Sinn Feiners with armored cars and machine guns the troops have done much rescue Iwork. When it was reported last night that Sinn Feiners were about to attack a cluster of houses, armored cars were rushed to the scene and troops removed terrified women and children to another section of the town. Gas works have also been protected by armed men. __  WOMAN SHOT IN DOORWAY Belfast June 24—Two more deaths have occurred a* a result'of fighting at Londonderry, bringing the total number of known dead up to eleven. A woman named Mills was killed last night while standing in her own door and William Rankin succumbed to wounds inflicted by Sinn Fein snipers who fired upon him while he was on his way with feed to his horses. CARDINAL LOGUE THREATENED Dublin, June 24—Cardinal Logue, archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland declared while speaking at Maynooth College yesterday that he had received warning his time was set." The cardinal declared he was grateful for this warning because it gave him time to prfpare, adding, "I have always tried to do what T could for my country and have never consciously said a word to offend anybody, no matter what: his.religion or politics. If I come to a sudden end there Will be no iustincation for those responsible, i J!no indication of the source of warning was given tfre aged cardinal ;  Weather probs Moderate fair to-day arid,on Friday, with sfationary or little higher temperature. Wireles Operators Now Call Strike Off London, June 23—The strike of wireless operators which threatened to bring shipping activities to a virtual standstill has been called off. This action was taken as a consecruence of a meeting of the association of wireless-telegraphists held to-day at London, Liverpool, and other ports The wireless leaders declare they ftavt secured guarantees of fair treatment. The worshipful masters and officers of the Avalon Lodge will be installed by the R. W. District Grand Matter Bro. J. A. Clifo CBE.< this Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, in the Masonic Temple. mm** i Wild Scenes Mark Fight Over Londonderry City Londonderry, June 23—Five Sinn Feiners were killed by machine gun fire employed to cover removal of sev era! Protestants from Barrack Street tonight, according to a military statement. Scenes of most terrible description were enacted here last night and today. Many streets were swept by mur derous fire for sixteen hours continuously. One man was !'i]!ed and ten dangerously wounded in one section of city. Several bodies are reported to be lying in Bishop Street. Among the wounded was a young girl and those who suffered slight injury cannot be estimated. Sniping was indulged in on a large scale and there was indiscriminate firing of rifles and revolvers all over the city. The principal conflict took place in Bishop Street, where there was a large concentration of Sinn Feiners in the neighbourhood of St. Columbiar Catholic College and Nazareth Home. Sandbags were thrown up and strong fire was directed at Unionists in Barrack Street. There was vigorous exchange of fire and many casualties resuited on both sides. Meanwhile trouble had broken out on an extensive scale in the region of Longtower Street and Bishop's Gate, where there was fierce and prolonged exchange of shots. Soldiers and Sinn Feiners fought from eleven o'clock Wednesday night to midnight with the result yet unknown, according to a Belfast despatch to the Press Association. An armored car, with Lewis guns, supported by infantry, attacked a party of Sinn Feiners who had been fir ing along both streets. Each burst of firing was followed by a brief silence but it was renewed repeatedly until mid night when it ceased. Casualties are believed to have been amorous. A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Londonderry states that many dead and wounded are lying in the streets. japan to Recognize New Russ Republic London, Jun 23—A wireless despatch received from Moscow says Japan has agreed to recognize the far cast Russian Republic on condition that it shall have thc complete peliti(al and economic independence of the Russian so\iel government and ttat it guarantees to be a democratic form of government. Despatches add that he foreign minister of the Republic has declared that these conditions are favorable. Tammany Leader is Indicted By Grand Jury New York, June 23—Charles F. Murphy, Tammany leader, was one of six men secretly indicted yesterday by an extraordinary grand jury which has been investigating alleged attempts ol Murphy to intimidate Louis Hartog, manufacturer, into re-i turning a hundred and twenty-five j thousand dollars which he investi-j .jated with Hartog's Company during the war. _ i m» • Miss Christian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Christian, arrived by the Rosalind from New York, being in te nursing profession for the past 4 years, will remain home for a few months for her holiday be/fore re-j turning. _, _____ Stops Runaway Horse And Rescues Children Tuesday evening about 8 o'clock as Mr. Fred. Heale was driving in his carriage along LeMarchant Road the horse became frightened at a motor car and bolted madly in Cornwall Avenue. Mr. D. Butler, of the National Cash Register office, seeing the oncoming animal and real-zing that an accident would probably follow, ran along with the horse and successfully succeeded in grasp-1 irq the reins, bringing the beast up, to a standstill. The daring act of Mr. Butler prH vented a serious accident and he  to be congratulated on his prompt-.! ness. 4j Edwards Takes Trip In Big Flying Boat Keyport, N. J., June 23—Governor Edwards off New Jersey christened and was a passenger in what is believed to be the largest civilian owned passenger flying boat in the United States here today. The hydroplane carried eighteen passengers on its flight of 45 miles. No Immediate Danger Doom, Holland, June 23—The announcement is made that the former German empress's condition is( not immediately serious. _ Silk Stockings | the Ladies In Black, White, Tan, Champagne, Navy, Sand, ! Grey, Palm Beach, Etc., and Fancy. Ranging from $1.10 up to $3.60 pair. 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