St. John's Daily Star, 1920-07-16

              The St. John's Daily Star Our Average Daily Circulation, March 8,898 ' -- - .—■ —————————^^—asmmm^^^m~~^* Vol. vl (PRICE: One Cent)! FRIDAY JULY 16, 1920 ($3.00 per Annum.), M*^"M*,WWl^*B! Uptons Yacht Accidentally Wins First race Sydney Miners May Cut of Nfld Coal Supply GERMANY WILL SIGN Agreement With Allies As to Coal Expected To Be Ratified Formally Today.SHARP NOTE SENT GERMANS, LEADER SPA, Belgium, July 15—German minivers are disposed to accept the note of the allies and to answer |n the affirmative tomorrow without qualification. Formal decision will be taken in the cabinet council in the morning, but the attitude of the minister? tonight is that the agreement is as good as made. This also is the view of Premier Millerand. Dr. Simons, German foreign secretary, said he had an hour's conversation with Premiers- Millerand and Lloyd George in which they discussed the essentials of the allied reply, the text of which will be delivered later. Dr. Simons was measurably reconciled to the allies' solution. The tension is greatly relaxed at German headquarters. Premier Lloyd George seemed to be in good spirits this evening, but when asked by the correspondent if he thought- the Germans would accept, said: "I can't say Dr. Simons is a reasonable opponent ,but he has insatiable men with him." ■ » « Paper Changes Hands St. John, N. 8., Jirly 15—Hedley V. MacKinnon .managing editor, has bought the St. John Standard, according to an editorial announcement today Hk Rowlmcl arrived at New York at noon yesterday. The Barbara Barr arrived from Turk' Island yesterday afternoon with a cargo of salt. She did the puuge in 20 days. Great Damage is Done During Disorders, Trieste Rome, July 15—Two persons were killed and thirty were wounded and damage amounting to twenty million lire was done during disorders at Trieste, during which a Jugo-Slav hotel and business places were attacked by Italians, according to die Popolo D'ltala. Russia Ready to Accept Polish Armistice Terms Paris, July 15—The Russian Bolshevik Gc-remment has accepted all conditions relative to the armistice with Poland laid down by Premier Lloyd George, according to a Spa despatch to the Matin. Police Seize liquor From Business Man Last night two police officers on Water Street espied a business man from the same street placing a package aboard a motor car which looked suspicions. The officers got busy and on<a close examination found that they had captured two gallons of rum. They relieved the owner of his prize and brought it to the police station. The party from whom it was taken will be asked to give an explanation. Tmiu State Their Terms Constantinople, July 16 (By Associated Press)—It is rumored here that the Sultan's government may sign the peace treaty if the Turks are given representation in the Smyrna and Thrace government established $25,000 FOR HARNESS .HORSE. London;tffgfrruTy t6—The  est sum ever offered for a harness horse— $25,000—was refused by the owner of Park Carnation, first I prize winner at the Richmond Horse chow.. 1 WORLD-WIDE NEWS NOTES COLLEGE BEAU DEFENDS CATS MEW YORK, July 16—An tati-cat campaign is being waged by the city's health officials. They are rounding up all the stray felines. But die cats have a warm defender in Dean W. Horace Hopkins of New York University, who declared that the city was in no great danger from the animals. He said that cats were not carriers of contagious disease to any gnat extent. He admits, however, it would be' a good thing to eliminate thousands of cats who roam around starving. ♦ ♦ ♦ • TENANT EVICTS LANDLORD New York, July 16-Max Gold is a landlord, but knows how it feds to be a tenant to-day. Gold recently leased hi* house at Arverne to A. Upechiz for the season, with the un edrstanding that he would pay lipschitz $100 a weey for suite. Gold was raised $20. He refused to pay. When he returned from his office the other day his luggage was piled on the front porch. ♦ * ♦ ♦ BISHOPS DRIVEN ALMOST MAD London, July 16—"A bishop is driven almost mad by the familiar strains of 'Fight the goed Fight', says the Rev. H.M.M. Brevau, vicar of East Acton. "Imagine yourself! doomed to listen four or five times a week for the rest of your life to such a hymn sung by choirs good and bad. The marvel to mc is that lunatic asylums are not filled with raving bishops fighting the good fight." «** * ♦ EDWARD'S HAT IN RYE. -*sHfcSfi! N.TTuty -ffca&i** r.or Edwards' hat was "m the rye and it was soaking wet, which was accepted as a hicky sign by the and prohobkionkts. While the Govern** was riding from Trenton to Sea Girt the other day a gust of wind caught hi hat.and carried it into a field of iye, from which it* was recovered, drenched by the rains. ♦ * ♦ • TO LAUNCH FLYING HEARSE. Atlantic City, N. J., July 16— The first flying hearse buik m thp country will be formally launched at the undertaker's convention next monlth. A passenger plane, with acoommodatione for 15 persons, is also being built a a part of the funeral equipment ♦ ♦ * • SCHOOLGIRLS OF 17 STRIKE. Berlin, Germany, July 16—Girls attending the high school at Spandau have gone on strike. The 17--year-old-girls explained to the head master they would no longer endure the one-sided religious instruction sriven by a social democrat teacher. B*♦ * * ♦ Gold in the Sea. Every tori of sea water contains one grain of gold and at this rate there are 90,000,000,000 tons of gold in the*sea. This is more than has ever been produced by the mines of the world. ♦ * * * Look Out For Canada Canada threatens to outstrip the United States in the quantity of its dairy produce. A great deal of milk and cheese in one form or another is now sent over the border to that country. _. _ .- . .. , Shareholders Ratify British Empire Merger Halifax, N. S., July 15—The shareholders of the Dominion Steel Corporation today ratified the agreement entered into by the board of directors with the directors of the British Empire Corporation, concerning consolidation. The shareholders met here slightly before one o'clock* Arouses Public Hostility London, July 16—The proposal to double railway fares from August 1 has aroused public feeling. LOYAL WORKERS REWARDED. New York, July 16—As a reward for their loyalty to the Todd 3Mpyards Corporation through the war 727 employees received from one to fifty shares* of stock each in the cor "the market price for. tlie, stock is $ 165 a share and' k carries a dividend of 10 per cent, ' WIRELESS TELEPHONE Installation on Signal Hill About Ready for Communication With the Victorian MAY GET tN TOUCH WITH OLD COUNTRY A LITTLE more than a year ago Newfoundland was the centre of world's attraction and the press of two continents had representatives here to keep them informed on van ous phase; of the preparations then in progress for the world's most daring adventure, the crossing of the North Atlantic in British-built and manned nonstop aeroplanes, and American buik and manned seaplanes, and later the passage westward to the United States and back to the British Isles of the British airship R-34. These marvelous and successful adventures were of interest only from a sporting and scientific point view, but commercially they meant nothing, and mere ly demonstrated the feasibility of bridging the North Atlantic in aeroplanes, seaplanes and airships under favorable weather conditions. Newfoundland is again in the eye 0) the scientific world, and the centre of interest for the time being of the commercial world, because from its shor« within few days experiment pregnant with immeasurable possibilities for the future of transatlantic and intercontinental commit nication will be undertaken when the Marcepi Company wilt efjay to ertabfcsh witetae telephone gemmu.. T'oMluJ. ittt etc lay =jatteVri ocii" tn c finishing touches were given the aerial which the Marconi engineers have been erecting for the past week or ten days. The Primary Object The aerial is erected on the high est pinnacle of Signal Hill, which rises sheer 653 ft. from the Atlantic Ocean at the entrance of this port. The mast is 180 feet high, and the aerial will thus be 833 feet above sea level. The primary object of the experiment is to establish and maintain wireless telephone communication wkh the Empire Press delegates ciossing from Liverpool to Halifax on the Victorian, leaving Liverpool to-morrow. The secondary object is to demonstrate the practic ability of successfully maintaining wireless telephone communication across the Atlantic. That both these objects will be attained is the confident prediction of the Marconi officials here. Wireless teplephone communication was established a year ago between Glace Bay and Poldhu on a three killowat installation. The Signal Hill apparatus will be six killowat, and Signal Hill is 400 miles nearer Poldhu than Glace Bay, while Poldhu will ako have six killo wat installation. There will be no attempt to get in touch with Poldhu till- the Victorian experiment has been tried out. Should Signal Hill station pick up the ship in mid ocean 'hey-will maintain communication with her till she has passed westward of Newfoundland. During that time the press delegates on board will have practically exclusive use of the apparatus for stated periods each day to hold conversation with press representatives at Signal Hill station.No Difficulty Anticipated. It is understood that this service will be absolutely free, the Marconi company bearing _the expense of the experiment both on ship and shore. Marconi engineer Mogridge, anticipates no difficulty in establishing communication with the Victorian in mid ocean or before reaching that point. The full power capacity of the station will not be utilized for this purpose, nor will they take undue risk of mishap by use of maximum power to get the Victorian before she has reached mid ocean, or can be picked up on medium power from, Signal Hill. The main purposs is to keep the ship in telephone communication with either side of the Atlantic from the hour she sails till reaching Halifax, holding her ..till Signal (< Hill picks her up. The ship is fittedwith a .three killowat ,sej, which at 1 its maximum is considered to have sufficient rower to hold either sta-!< IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME TWO MORE MURDERS Patrol of Constables Ambushed in Co. Limerick and One of OfficersJ Is Killed. ASSASSINS RIDDLE MAN WITH BULLETS OUBLIN, July 15—A patrol of five constabJes and a sergeant "was ambushed last night in Adare dis-| trict,' County Limerick. One constable died of injuries, the others were uninjurVl .according to the official report. Riddled With Bullets Thurles, Ireland, July 15—John Dwyer's body was found yesterday by Rockside near Drombine, riddled with bullets. Dwyer is said to have | received several warning as a result! of agrarian agitation here. tion from mid ocean, and probably far beyond that range. When the Victorian experiment has been put over satisfactorily, Signal Hill station wil lthen under- f take to reach Poldhu utilizing its' maximum power for that purpose should it be necessary to do so, even at risk of burning out But the officials here say that communication with Poldhu mil be esta*b-| lashed with less than the maximum power. Should this experiment he successful conversation wHI be main! tamed .with the ether side for some' time. It may be said that wireless telephony has passed out of the realm of speculation and has been proved; practical. It now remains to be demonstrated that it can be develop ed into a practical medium of commercial and social communication between the old world and the new. The-Signal HiH experiment will doubtless go far to prove its adapt ability to commerce, and should it prove successful another great step forward in the field of wireless development will have been made, and one which may revolutionize existing conditions as far as it may effect present means of transatlantic communication.GEOLOGIST TO REPORT Geologist Dowling from the St. George's Coal Fields property arrived in town by the express last night. Mr. Dowling's report will be; handed to the government in a- few, To Load Coal for the Reids North Sydney, N.S., July 15—The trouble between the longshoremen and the Reid Nfld. Company has not -yet been settled, and the U.M.W. niay ask refusal from the shipping •pier men to load the Reid Company Steamers, it was said here. V. Spracklin, agent for the Reid Company, has stated that unless supply of coal is forwarded at once to Port aux Basques their weekly service ; may be held up. Sachem Makes Port, 50 ! Hours From Halifax ! The S.S. Sachem, Captain G. L. Hayse, made port yesterday afternoon from Halifax after a good run {of 50 hours. Her cargo consists of i 350 tons. The following paseengers 'came by the ship:—C. Biackie, H. ' Briggs, J. P. and Mrs. Carey and 3 j children, J. A. Doane, Mrs. C. H. Easson and daughter, Mks M. B. Garland, J. M: Greene, R. J. Keane, Mrs. P. Kelley, Miss R. Kelley. H. A. L-'onard,iH. Lunam, M. McCaughlin, J. MacAuley, Miss M. Mackay, J. W. and Mrs. McNeilly and 2 children, K. Mercer, W. B. and Mrs. Milner, Mrs. [A. Penman, Miss J. Penman, G. C. >, Peverly, A. H. Pilcher, Mrs. M. Pitts, J. E. Wood and J. Tobin. i Fortune For Babe Ruth ! j To Appear in Movies New York, July 16—When Babe Ruth excels his world's record of 29 i home runs—which *is now regained !as a sure thing—he will get a conj tract that will call for the biggest j salary ever paid a screen star for, appearing in a single production. Thomas W. Walsh has signed the Yankee star to appear in a feature picture. A well-Jcnown author has been engaged to write ' a special Ecenario to meet the exigencies of the "man of the hour." Film men figure that the picture will brjng in over $1,000,000. The Right Sue For Her Foot The normal size for the foot of a well-proportioned . woman is. Onefourteenth that of her height^ WEATHER PROBS Toronto, (Noon)^— «outl and south west winds and showers Saturday, southerly winds, -most]] fair with a little lower temperature. ADMIRAL IS BURIED ;j"Jacky" Fisher's. Funeral Service is Held at Westminster With High Offir cers There. ! WILL BE BURIED AT COUNTRY SEAT !lONDON, July 15—The funeral i service of Lord Fisher was held kin Westminster Abbey today. The I coffin, enveloped in a Union Jack, [was borne on a gun-carriage drawn . by bluejackets from the late admiral's i residence*to the abbey. It was preceded by a hundred marines with a J band and followed by a hundred i bluejackets. Eight admirals acted as pallbeareuß, including Viscount Jellicoe. Dense crowds lined the streets on ; the route and pajd a silent tribute to the dead admiral as the procession passed to the strains of Chopin's Funeral March. The service in the abbey was most (impressive. The congregation, which included1 a great gathering of officers and men of the navy, was profoundly touched when the eight admirals escorted the coffin 'to the catafalque at the sanctuary ! steps and Admiral Jellicoe placed upon it a cushion bearing Lord ; Fisher's decorations. : The remains will be taken, tomorrow by train to Bedford ,in Norfolk, whence they will be conveyed in a . farm., wagon . to .Kilverston, the. late ] admiral's country seat and be buried in the 'local. churchyard. i Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher, jdied in London Wednesday at the i age of seventy-nine, after undergoing a serious opertaion.  All the newspapers pay a tribute to his work and genius. The invention of- the dreadnought and the massing"of British naval' power in the North Sea are recognized as but ww) of thp . ontw-rd f*-~nifMotions of the work which he did during the decade before the war to make British sea power an unchallengeable reality. ■■ _ _  Coal Prices Reduced Ne**, York, July. 1 in the-price- of bituminous coal was predicted;here yesterday by the mem ben^of^e^<abK»ininittee-of Tafl-s road'officialsvand coal operators*  ■ 6,000 Miners Strike Scran ton, Perm., July 16—Six thousand Pennsylvania coal miners struck today in an effort to abolish the contract-mining practice. • WINNER IN FIRST RACE Lipton's Shamrock Beats Resolute, After Latter Carries Away Some of Her Gear. NOT A FAIR WIN LIPTON STATES CANDY HOOK, N. J., July 15— Great Britain gained her first toehold in forty-nine years on the American cup today, when Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger Shamrock IV. won the first race of 1920 after the defender Resolute had been forced out of the running by an accident to her rigging. The green challenger must win two more races out of a possible maximum of four if she is to achieve Lipton's dream of taking the bottomless pewter trophy back to Britain. The Resolute must win three out of four to retain the cup which has been in the possession of the New York Yacht Club since 1851. The second race will start at noon on Saturday. Shamrock IV.'s victory today was won in the face of what seemed certain defeat. The RteEolute had taken the lead at the start and held it by an ever-widening margin until, as she swooped within half a mile of the turning mark, 15 miles from the start, spectators on the great fleet of pleasure craft saw >her great area of bellying canvas shiver and begin to sink, flattering down her msst. A sudden gust had snapped fcfa thro>t halliards and a &e.ccrA }*K"r 'uf. i?.ws of her gaJT fc-ere beyena repair and she fHV- t~K-i'cfr Win AH->-rr? •—. Yrcht Victoria," off Nw York. Iv/U'v 15—Sir Thomas I inton .owner ** tho challenger, de- tJjst v.-He '-cynically he" won rhe fiv?t race he Hoes not want that kind of victory. "It is not Tom Lipton's way," he declared. Second Race Saturday Sandy Hook, N. J., July 15— The Resolute's broken gear can easily be repaired and the two yachts will sail the second r?ce over the triangular course on Saturday, according to a wireless message from the official press 'coat late toJay. Long FfeM is Started To Alaska by Airmea MINEOLA, N.Y., July 15—Four United States army airplanes, compricing the Alaskan Flying Expedition, left Mitchell Field, Loag lefanct at noon today on a nine thousand miles round trip flight to Nome, Alaska, via Western Canada, one of the longesUind most difhcult air tripe ever attempted in the Western Hemisphere.Sofshes Fight Passage Across the VSya River! London, July 15—Russian bolshe-; viki forces have worked their way' across the Vilya River in the Province of Vilna on the north and have , ** driven in the Polish front, according to an official statement issued in Moscow? and received here by wirS- Turkish Grand Vizier !s Sentenced to Daath 1 ■ i . Constantinople, July 16 (By Associated Press)—Damad Ferd Pasha, the grand vizier and other peace com missioners have been found; guilty of treason and sentenced to death yesterday at Angora, according to advices received here. 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