St. John's Daily Star, 1920-09-11

              The St. John's Daily Star THE WE A 7HER /Vofo-Cloudy and Cooler; Rain Our Average Daily Circulation, June 9005 Vttw found land VOL. yi (PRICE: One, Cent.), SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1920. ($3.00 per Annum.) No 205 Lithuania Won't Withdraw Troops From Poland Further Earthauake Shocks in Southern Italy TAKEGOLD OF SOVIET British Labor Organ is Said I, to Admit Having Bolsheviki Gold—Appeal Made j to Shareholders. PAPER HARD UP FINANCIALLY? ! IONDON, Sept. 10—Admission was , J made this morning by the Herald the organ of the Labor Party that it !as in its possession "seventy-five thousand pounds of Bolshevik gold." The news paper states the money is being held pending a decision of the * shareholders as to whether it should ! be used. ; . The opinion of readers as to the acceptance of the money is asked by] . the1 newspaper who v publishes the' ■ admission on its first page under ' glaring headlines and says "to accept will be to complete a notable episode in International Socialism. The increasing cost of production and political shyness of advertisers make it necessary for us at once to double the price of this paper of <■ this money is not accepted." ■ i— ■ Sets Inquiries Afoot « New York, Sept. 10—The Irish Progressive League announced yes-,1* terday that Secretary of State Colby\A had,cabled the United States Consul: at Cork for a full report on Patrick £ Joseph Murphy, hunger strike prison- F er in jail there, who is, said by the-v t»be a citizen of the United States. Ip — \i Wrangel General Killed h Sebastopol, Sept 10 — General Piev, commander of the first cavalry division of General Wrangel's army s< was killed before Kahovka while tc leading a detachment in storming at- a tack on the city. Two other cavalry o generals were wounded in the same f< operation. 'T POTENTIAL LOSS IS OVER $35,000,000 Awful Effect of War on Population of Ten European Countries. Shown by Report. WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 6—Due war influences, ten European nations engaged in the world war show a potential loss in population of 35,320,000 persons since 1914, according to a statistical research conducted by the society for studying the social consequences of the war of Copenhagen, made public today.At the end of 1913, the society reports these nations had a population of 400,650,000, and'under normal conditions this population should have increased by the middle of 1919 to 424,210,000. However, it had fallen by that time to 389,--038,000.Causes of the abnormal falling off in population were attributed in < the society's report as follows: Killed in war, 9,819,000. Peaths due to augmentation of mortality, economic blockades, war epidemics, 6,301,000. Fal in birth rate due to mobilization of fifty-six million men between 20 and 45 years of age, 20,--200,000.* mm * WORLD-WIDE  NEWS NOTES  Reports that the resignation of s!arl Derby as British ambasador to. rrance was caused by a disagreement with the British government over the jolicy to be followed in Russia were denied by the retiring ambassador ast night. The Canadian divorce crop at next ession of parliament again promises o be heavy. There are thirty new implications sol far and twelve left >ver from last session. All but a ew are from Ontario, mainly from "oronto. STUBBORN FIGHTING i Soviet Forces and Wrangel's Troops Engage in Battles in Crimean Seen tor—Reds Claim Success I.  bPOLES DEFEAT - REDS ON N. E, FRONT c  '-iIONDON, Sept. 10—Stubborn fighti ing is proceeding between Rusy sian Soviet forces and the troops of L"j General Wrangel in Oriekhov, region """'of Crimean sector, says an official n I statement issued in Moscow Thurse.day.day and received here to-day by ex'i press. -| On the other sections of the front ;the statement claims successes for f the Soviet army.. el Poles Successful Warsaw, Sept. 10—The polish arm ies on the northeastern front deliver- F ed a series of successful attacks upr on the Russians yesterday and took thirty-three hundred prisoners, four . guns and two armoured trains. SAYS HERALD HAS BEST OF ATTACK Alleged Disclosures of Soviet Aid Convincingly Answered jfONDON, Sept 3—lt's doubtful whether the Government's disclosures of London Daily Herald's alleged financial dealings with Bolshevists have had any effects other than to provide that Socialist organ with excellent advertisement, and to help on labor extremists. The moment chosen to publish the decoded wieless messages between Litvinoff and Tchricheim was most inopportune. The average trade Unionist has immediately jumped to the conclusion that the govts, attack, occurring a; it did, during the parliamentary recess, and therefore, pro yiding the Labor party no opportun'ty of raising the matter in debate was deliberately designed to create dissension in the ranks of organized labor, now solidly drawn up against 'ntervention in the Russ-Polish war. Additional weight has thus been given to extremists' warning that the military crisis has not passed and that the need for the Council of Action continuing in power is more urgent than ever. Denies Charge Lansbury, the editor, answerec the charges thoroughly and convincingly, and it is impossible to resist the conviction that he is having much the last of the controversy now raging in every newspaper. He does not allege thait messages have been condensed, but he states that "Not a t ond, not a franc, not a rouble" has qier been obtained by the Heralc from the Bolshevist Government. Finances of the newspaper are open to inspection by anyone. The suggestion that Chinese bonds were received from Bolshevists, he characterizes as Chinese bunkum. He has not seen or touched or received a single Chinese bond; that the news paper passed through a severe finan cial crisis earlier in the year he admits.Finances Strong The fact was published in its columns and was well known in Moscow as ekewhere, but he disposes of the allegations of Bolshevist assistance a follows: "It is stated that, en July 11. Litvinoff reported to Moscow that the newspaper was now nassiing through a fresh crisis," and that if Bolshevist support were not forthcoming, it would have to turn right trade unionst. 'It needs fifty thousand francs for six months. Lansbury answers: 'Note the date, July 11. As a matter of fact the financial position of The Herald by that date had become very strong* On March 10 the moners* federation had decided to invest in the first debenture; stock of ihe Herald at the rate of one shilling for each of its members Of this total, exceeding fifty thousand pounds, no less than thirty thousand pounds was actually ' paid in on June 11. , Rulers, of /Abyssinia up to 70 years of age traced their lineage back to die Queen of Sheba. Canaries obtain their yellow color through being fed red pepper while nestlinz or when moulting. STANDARDIZATION OF FISH  I ' ——■ ' t HT HE Standardization Commission, with the approv■ al of the Governor in Council, Jias amended the rules respecting the grades of fish. Extra No. I is white naped, free from blood clots on bone and nape, and over 18 inches. The next grade is merchantable, which consists of the same quality as the ordinary merchantable and include large and small down to io inches. Fish with black napes, clots of blood, and not showing ex-j cessive salt, belong to merchantable grade. The price' of merchantable is one dollar below Extra No. l. The next grade to merchantable is called Madeira and consists of rough, badly split and heavily salted fish of all sizes. Tomcods are also included in Madeira quality. ' Madeira quality is one dollar per; qtl. less than merchantable. Madeira grade is similar to the old grade of Madeira. Broken, sunburnt, dunn and slimey is West India] and is five dollars under Madeira. The price of fish at St. John's and Port Union today is: Extra No. I, $n.oo; Merchantable, $io.oo; Madeira, $9.00; West India, $4.00. Labrador is classed Choice, Ordinary Prime, Ordi-, nary Seconds, and Cullage. Choice is the well split, clean, well salted, clean of blood spots and properly dried. Ordinary Prime is the ordinary Labrador as usually made, but properly washed and dried. This quality is one dollar less than Choice quality. Ordinary Seconds is dark in appearance, improperly salted, not properly dried Labrador fish, and is one dollar under Ordinary Prime. > Labrador Cullage is ragged, broken and rock cods, and is $5.00 under Ordinary Second Therefore, if Choice Labrador is $9.00, Ordinary Prime would be $8.00, and Ordinary Seconds $7.00. Those who have split, washed, salted, cleaned and dried Labrador will get Choice price. Heavy salted Shore soft will be graded same as Labrador and fetch same prices, but must be shipped separately and not mixed with true Labrador. These rules will clear the air and simplify the grades and work harmoniously. The fishermen will now be able to closely foliow the qualities. It is probable Labrador Choice will be about $9.00 per quintal. GIRL BETRAYS SOVIET AMBASSADOR, LITVINOFF Beautiful Confidential Secretary of Litvinoff Runs Off With Stranger and Secret Papers COPENHAGEN, Sept. 10—The beautiful young woman who was confidential secretary to M. Litvinoff, the Bolshevik ambassador to Scan- j Jinavia, has disappeared, taking with | ler many secret papers from his safe, [t is thought she placed the docu-i ments m the hands of the entente J .ecret police. > , Litvinoff is furious at this affair, • 'ollowing as it does so closely the ', •evelation of bolshevik wireless com- ' nunications with its representatives ' abroad. His agents are frantically j earching the Swedish towns for the ' girl. He expects to be recalled to ' Petrograd. The girl was desperately in love * vith a handsome stranger she met '' iome time ago. Six weeks ago Sat- ' lrday the couple were seen to board s i train upon a ferry plying from Copenhagen to Malmo, and have not ' eturned. j1 The loss of the documents was im- j( nediately discovered. It is believed; he girl's sweetheart is an entente s ecret service agent, who probably las already turned the papers over i o his government. As French de- , trovers are constantly visiting Swed- 4 sh ports, their officers are frequently < ishore. Kameneff Leaves For Moscow to See Soviet [ONDON, Sept. 10—co Kameneff, President of the Moscow Soviet, : rill leave London for Moscow Satur- i lay, to consult his government on he future relations and questions be-, ween the two governments and with I he understanding that he returns to j -ondon at the end of September,] eonide Krassin will remain in xmdon. ami* The Dead Sea is fringed on the outh with a ridge .of rock salt. WEATHER  PROBS Toronto (noon)—Fresh to strong lorth east winds, cloudy and cooler rith some rain near east coast HERE AND THERE  IN CABLE BRIEFS Tarsus, the birthplace of St. Paul, wenty miles south of Adana, is being besieged by Turks and the French garrison and twenty-five thousand inhabitants of the place are short of food. Terence Mac Sweeny passed a bad light in Brixton prison where he is itarving himself, says the bulletin ssued yesterday morning by the rish Determination League. He is still conscious. Speaking at the formal opening >f the International Congress of Wbnen, in Christiania, Lady Aberdeen aid that the council would support he League of Nations and would lemand equal political, financial and udicial rights with men and the ame moral codes for men as for /omen. The last notable King of Babyonia was a usurper, Nabunaid, who Lrove out Nebuchadnezzar's grand- NEW GAINS FOR POLES Poles Advance Lines and Occupy Many Towns South of Grodno—Repulse Red Attacks. LITHUANIA WON'T WITHDRAW TROOPS Sept. 10—Polish troops have advanced their lines occupy ing Eusnics just to the south of Grodno and five other towns. Bolshevik counter attack was repulsed and Poles again advanced dispersing seven Soviet infantry regiments. A communique from Polish headquarters in which these operations are reported says there was no change in the situation in Sumalki sector.. A note has been received by the Polish foreign office from Lithuania refusing to withdraw Lithuanian fore es to the Foch line, but asking that \ conference be held in Marianpole situated on the demarkation line. 35 HURT IN CAR SMASH Coney Island Sight Seeing Bus Collides With Trolly Car—Fifteen Are Seriously Injured. WOMEN AND KIDDIES ON BOARD THE BUS JjEW YORK, N. V., Sept 10—Today was the thirteenth day of the Brooklyn rapid transit walk out and was marked by the first serious accident since the strike began. Approximately thirty-five persons were injured, fifteen seriously, when Coney Island sight seeing bus with seventy men, women and children aboard was in collision with a trolley car at Fifth Avenue and Sixty-Eight Street, Brooklyn. ,' Police reserves and ambulances were called and first aid was rendered the victims in a vacant lot nearby. SEVERE 'QUAKE IS FELT IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS Several Alpine Villages Are Isolated —Four Persons Killed, Many Are lijcred gENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 10—A severe earthquake shook the southeren slopes of the Swiss and Italian Alps, jyesterday, from Montrose to Bernina Pass, causing avalanches. The shock was accompanied by Jieavy snow falls and several Alpine villiages are isolated. Four persons are reported to have been killed and many injured. Slighter shocks also < were reported jn the Swiss Alps around Zermatt land Pontreina, but there were no Lcasualties. - EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS CONTINUE IN ITALY Cassano, Near Naples Experience Several Shocks—No Damage or Victims Reported. Rome, Sept, 10—Earthquake shocks have continued causing more o/cicims among the rescuers owing to to falling masonry. Today there were shocks as far south as Cassano i.ear Naples. Apparently there was no serious damage or victims but the shocks produced a great panic among the population which recalled its experi ence in earthquakes of 1915. 1 m 1  Customs Seiz Motor With Silver Ingots . Sarregue, France, Sept. 10—An automobile containing nine hundred pounds of silver ingots in a false bottom, enroute from Germany to Strassburgg, was stopped by the customs guard at the frontier last night it became known to-day. Oil Tanker Rescues Crew of Greek Ship London, Sept. 10—A wireless de spatch received here to-night from the British tank steamer Tuscarora says that the vessel has on board the Capt. and twenty men from the small Greek steamer Ehas Issais which has been abandoned. The Elias Issais sailed from Baltimore Aug. seventeenth for Piraeus. The Tuscarora was last reported on a voyage from Halifax for London. ■ mm 1 The Digby sailed for Liverpool this morning taking several passengers and an outward freight. Francis Bacon wrote a paper against the philosophy of Aristotle before h« was 16 years old. IN DANGER STAGE NOW MacSweeney Draws On His Last Reserve of Potential Energy — May Collapse Any Minute. ONE PRISONER IS U. S. CITIZEN? ) ONDON, Sept. 10—Mayor Mac- Sweeney is entering)'the danger stage of his fast. One of the physicians in Guy's Hospital, a recognized authority on metabolism said "Observation of'a previous case of the same nature has taught that at the end of a week's abstinence from •cod the patient begins to draw on, his last reserve of potential energy, ro that unless the Lord Mayor resumes eating any day may bring tolapse and end." The physician declared be thought it is extremely unlikely that nourishment in the form of i soluble protein was being placed in the prisoners drinking water as except in an almost negligible quantity its presence would easily be detected. "The fact that the prisoner is taking water," added the physician, "fortifies him to considerable degree. SERIOUS PROBLEMS FACE PORTSMOUTH TRADES CONGRESS Since Agenda Compiled Many Other Urgent Matters Arise COAL SITUATION New Developmets Transpire—Miners' Launch Public Campaign (LONDON, Sept. 10—It is probable that no Trades Union Congress has aroused so much public attention as the annual "Parliament of Labor" which opened at Portsmouth Delegates assembled at a mement when the entire country is seething with industrial unrest, as never before. Since the compilation of Congress agenda, at least half a dozen urgent matters have arisen, each one of which constitutes a serious crisis in itself, and besides, dealing with the various resolutions that have long been printed and circulated. The delegates did find it necessary to give attention to such pressing patters as the threatened coal strike, the national lockout of electrical engineers, the unofficial strike of printers that has closed all newspaper offices in Liverpool and Manchester, and the suggested stoppage of one of Scotland's railway systems through a trade union dispute between railwaymen and blacksmiths. The hunger striking Mayor of Cork, the British supply of war material for Poland, the Ulster Trades Unionist?* refusal to allow Sinn Feinen the right to work, and the question of the permanency of the "council of action," are other widely divergent subjects for discussion and possible action. A Busy Congress- It promises to be a busy congress at Portsmouth. The agenda show* that resolutions of the "hardy annurM type have this year been ruthlessly cut out. It is evidently taken for granted that such proposals as the endowment of motherhood and the nationaKzation of banking have oeen sufficiently aired. _. The congress by reducing resotulions to minimum will have tirte to discuss thoroughly the proposals for the abolition of the present parliamentary committee and its substitution by a 'labor general staff" wjth additional powers and respohsibihr The forty-four hour week prohibition of systematic overtime will become one of labor's principal planks. The unemployment insurance act re cently piaced on the statute book assails (trade union authority, and delegates will be asked to refuse for the amendment tof the workmen's compensation act to enable .workmen full wages while incaoaciated.To CLEAR J jSI /q Discount t Our Entire Stock Ladies' * ————^^——————— LOW SHOES, LACED AND STRAPPED I TAN, BLACK & PATENT j 1 * il#so al/ Ifiies ##i | 2 White Boots and Shoes For 2 Weeks only No Approbation. i i ■ i 80WRING BROMiT '' i i i i i i I i i i i i i ■'H"» <miii iiihim tn> » ■ i CASINO THEATRE f TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! 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