St. John's Daily Star, 1920-10-23

              VOL. VL The St. John's Daily Star Our Average Daily Circulation, June 9(0 ftfeuifotltld lHtl4 THE WE AI HER Probs-fvr and Cool (PEICE: One Cent), SATURDAY, OCfOBER 23, 1920 ($3.00 per Annum.* No. 241 BRITISH STRIKE MOVEMENT GROWS AND MAY INVOLE THE RAILWAY MEN LEAGUE TO SETTLE II Vilna Incident To B Subject to Inter/nations Settlement, Paris Re ports. POLES MUST DEAL WITH THE LEAGUI PARI-. Oct 22—The settlement o the Vilna incident has been turn ed over to the league of nations en tirely and Fiance will make- no fur thcr reply to ?hc Pol'sh note sen jointly >o Fiance ?nd _ieai Britain the I'reirh I'uifigr' I**l re announc ed today. The league of nations already ha the matter in hand, and Leon Bour geois. the French representative ii the Council of the League Com mission sent to Suwalki, but the las Polish note expressing surprise thai France had taken its attitude withou' receiving a full report on the incidenl was sent directly by the Warsaw government to the Quai D' Orsay. France is now informing the Polisr government that it- must rest with the League henceforth, foreign office officials said 1 ♦ i  Swedish Cabinet Resigns. Stockholm, Oct. 22—The cabinel headed by Premier Branting, Socialist leader, resigned today. The Branting cabinet was formed ' on March tenth last and was reorganized July first. It succeeded the ministry headed by Premier Eden. ■ m ■  Elections in BX. Soon. —■ - Milner, 8.C., Oct. 22—Speaking here last night at a public meeting Premier Oliver said there would be i provincial election held in the near future but that the date had not been decided upon yet by the Executive. '; i ESCAPES BOMB SERBIA-  SARAJEVO, Serbia — Prince Alexander of Serbia was the Intended victim of a bomb, thrown under the prince's train at Sarajevo recently. Two coaches were wrecked but the prince was uninjured. Sarajevo was the scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand, crown prince of Austria- Hungary, and his wife in Jane, 1814, by Cario Prinzip.  FLOUR PRICE DROPS MINNEAPOLIS MILLS Dollar Decline at One Mill—Ten Eighty-five a Barrel Quoted at Another Mill MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 22--Renecting the break in the wheat market yesterday flour dropped as much as one dollar a barrel at the local mills today. At the largest mill the price for family patents were reduced to eleven dollars, from twelve dollars a barrel while at another mill a decline of thirty-five cents was effected its quotation being ten eighty-five a barrel. D'ANNUNZIO PLANS TROUBLE FOR ITALY Said To Be Conspiring to Overthrow Monarchy And Set Up Military Dictatorship. FLORENCE, Oct. 22— The Di- ] rectorate of the Socialist party at the continuation today q£ its meeting heard a statement from Deputy Morgan who declared he had learned in Rome that a military coup d'tat I < was being organized to be sprung on November four, the anniversary of the Italian victory on the Piave in . 1918. ' J Deputy Morgari asserted this con-1 ipiracy was to be led by former Mm- j, inster of War Giardino, Gabriel D'Annuzio, Admiral Millo and General Garibald, and that it aimed at the - establishment of a military dictator- . ship. i MANY POLICEMEN ARE REPORTED WOUNDED Fresh Attacks on Police With Two Deaths Reported From Dublin OUBLIN, Oct. 23—Attacks on police yesterday resulted in the death of two officers at Feakle* County Clare. The driver of a police car is dead and a constable wounded at J Parkwood, King's County. Several policemen are believed to be wound- i ed at West Mullingar. One of the five soldiers wounded yesterday morning when two military lorries were ambushed fourteen miles from Cork died last evening. •».  COMMOTION IN DIET SESSION AT WARSAW Radicals Protest Against Adoption nf a Two-House Parliament For The Poles WARSAW. Oct. 22—A commotion which lasted for more than an hour, followed the adoption of the Diet to-day by a majority of six votes of the clause of the constitution providing for a two-chamber parliament The left wing socialist and peasan and labor members rapped upon their desks and sang revolutionary songs as a protest against this action, j Finally the uproar reached such a ■ stage that the speaker was compelled to adjourn the sitting. SUPREME COURT (In Chambers before Judge Johnson) In the matter of the petition of Wm. Tucker and James Hynes, of St. Phillips, trading under the name %nd style of Tucker and Hynes, cattle dealers, alleging that they are m ;olvent and praying to be so declared. Wood, K.C., for creditors, Gibbs, K.C., for petitioners. It is ordered that the petitioners be decfar c* insolvent and that registrar be confirmed as trustee. In the matter of the petition of Chas. Peffo*4 ©f St. John's aHeg- j ing that he is insolvent and praying that he be so declared. Mr. Bradley) for petitioner asks for costs.. It is ordered that the petitioner be declar ed insolvent, that the interim trustee be confirmed and that petitioner's costs be allowed. In the matter of the petition of George W. HierKhy of St. John's alleging that he is insolvent and pray ing that he be so declared. It is ordered that the petitioner be declared insolvent, that the interim trustee be confirmed as trustee and that petitioner's costs be allowed. ■ »  NEW STEAMSHIP SERVICE The new service of die Canadian steamship lines to St. John's, Newfoundland, inaugurated last July, has been most useful, it was stated by an official this morning, and has been doing a good deal of car/ying trade with its three steamers, the Corunna, Mapledene and Nevada, says the Montreal Star of Oct. 13. A ten-day service is carried out. This service was the answer to many requests from Newfoundland business and other interests for better connections with Canada, and the way in which it has been made use of, it is said, prove* that the service has filled a need. Hingeless dors that are mounted on pivots have been invented for 4 automobiles. •■ I Cannon loaded with sand: are! used to break up swarms of locusts ■M I A#f A U ***** SUICIDED AT FALLS Man. Supposed To Be Carl Ellis, of Hamburg, N. V., Goes Over the American Falls. SCORE OF PEOPLE WATCHED SUICIDE NIAGARA FALLS, N. V., Oct. 22 —Before the eyes of a score of sightseers at Prospect Point late this afternoon, a man climbed over the railing, waded out into the river and was carried over the American Falls. Too astonished to move, the spectators stood by while the man drifted to the brink, waving his hand and shouting "Here's where I leave you. Goodbye!" In a black derby found near the place where the man climbed the railing was found a piece of paper on which was written:: "This hat belongs to Carl A. Ellis, of Hamburg, N.Y." A description of the suicide corresponds to that of Ellis, who could not be located in Hamburg tonight. The owner of the souvenir stand near the Falls told the police that a man approached him and laughingly said: "I can't vote for Harding, w I may as well go over tne Falls." CANADIAN COMMERCE BOARD HAS RESIGNED Find* Its Position Untenable When Government Rescinds Its Sugar Order Board of Commerce is no *moi«r  nouncement was made from the prime minister's office tonight that the members of the board had tendered their resignation to the government and that no appointment to the vacant positions would now be made. A statement issued tonight says that "when decision is given by the judicial committee of the Privy Cotmcil as to' the extent of federal authority in relation to the Board of Commerce Act it will be for the government to consider what should then be done." SEES BIG TRADE WITH NEWFOUNDLAND FOLK New Steamship Service to be Opened by C. N. R—Big Business in Sight JJALIFAX, N.S.. Oct. 23—A weekly steamship service running to and from this port and St. John's, Newfoundland, will be established at the beginning of next month by the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, according to C. A. Hayes, i general traffic manager of the Can! adian National Railways. The Canadian Miner, Canadian Sealer and Canadian Warrior now lunning from Montreal will be the ships used in the new service. "We' are trying to encourage trade be-' tween Canada and Newfoundland through improved freight facilities, and we believe there is a tremendkms field to be developed if mer-1 chants and manufacturers of two countries seize the opportunities of-' fered," said Hayes. Canadian Schr. Ashore And Going to Pieces Fort Pierce, Fla., Oct. 22—Waterlogged with sails fully set and Kfe boats intact bu not a soul on board the Canadian schooner Adonis has drifted ashore opposite Jensen and , is fast being battered to pieces by a heavy sea. The crew, according to a message from Juipter Lighthouse, was picked up by a passing steamer and saved. Their present whereabouts has not been learned. The Adonis is a three-masted schoon er, owned by the Adonis Andn. Co.. of Wolfville, N.S. I London, Oct. 22—In answer to a [question in the House of Commons ,' today the government reply was to the effect that the weekly cost of \ the staff of the war office was about PHOTOS BY PHONE -*s**r EOOUAR.O B£UN NEW YORK—Edouard Belln. French inventor of telep.hotog-j raphy, is in New York with ms wit© and daughter, to demonstrate for the American government and business men. the possibilities of his invention. He proposes to show that his device ca_ transfer "legible" photographs by telephone hundreds of miles. He has already sent photographs of General Pershing and General Hangin 270 miles between Paris and Lyons. HI > first tests here are expected to be be-i tween New York and Washington.1 • _■ WORLD WIDE STRIKES ARE THREATENED NOW New Yorkers To Back Up Striking British Miners—Germany and ■f» n France Involved JJEW YORK_ILY7oct. 23-The Central Federal union planned to aid the British striking coal miners yesterday by hampering coal export at this port. Members of the longshoremen's union announced they would urge the loading only such coal as necessary for needs of vessels Other unions were asked to adopt a standby policy toward the miners strike. • German Workers to Strike. Berlin, Oct.23—Metal workers of Berlin and northern Germany are organizing a strike for higher wages. Electricians are considering a sympathetic strike. Strike of Municipal workers in Bremen has cut of gas, water and electricity. French Seamen Strike. Havre,, France, Oct. 22—Officials of the Seamens','Federation of Havre and Marseilles have ordered a twenty four hour strike in all ports of France beginning at noon today as a protest against the sentence given the men who had mutinied aboard the steamer Menes. »*i  MacSWWEY IS NOW AT POINT OF DEATH Hanger-Striking Lord Mayor of , Cork Cannot Last Much Lon; ger, Report States. London, Oct. 22—The Exchange 'Telegraph announces that it has been informed that Lord Mayor ,'MacSwiney is at the point of death. Mayor MacSwiney, says the night bulletin of the Irish Self-Determination League, had a violent but short attack df delirium at seven o*clock ,'this evening, after which he slept. MacSwiney's last moments were at hand at noon to-day according to the statement of the Exchange Telegraph Company. In State of Panic. Kovno, OcL 23—Lithuanian is in state of panic over the movement of forty thousand "independent" troops of General Zellgouski, reported as J moving towards Memel whither the Lithuaan government fled on General Zellgouski's occupation of Vilna. WEATHER PROBS Toronto (noon)—Northerly winds gradually decreasing in north west, :ast coast part Sunday, lair and cooL BRITISH RAILWAYMEN TALK OF JOINING MINERS IN STRIKE Conference Today May In duce _he Railwaymen to Postpone Strike Set For Sunday Night PUBLIC FACETIE UP OF TRANSPORTATION lONDON, Oct. 22—The strike situation tonight was considered more hopeful by the fact that peace conversations between the government and miners' leaders are continuing unbroken. There were no developments, however. At a joint conference tomorrow between railwaymen and miners, from which it is hoped peace may spring, it is expected the suggestion will be made that the railwaymen postpone their strike set for Sunday night should there be no agreement between the government and the miners by Saturday until after Wednesday's Trades Union conference. The greatest anxiety exists amon? -—-doners, for if the railstrike becomes effective on Sunday night underground tube railways will cease working. It is possible also that trams and buses, where drivers are members of the Transport Workers' Union, will suspend operations. Bus and tram drivers, however, have expressed themselves reluctant to join the movement There is a division among the railwaymen with regard to a strike, large sections of them opposing it. J. H. Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, has authorized the statement that he is against it. This has brought about the very general opinion that there will not in any case be a rail strike before Wednesday; but should 't transpire, the ministry of transport has an emergency plan in readiness for immediate operation of railways by volunteers and all the machinery created for the purpose during last year's strike will b« utilized. Not Keen On Strike. London, Oct. 23—No developments since the effort to find ithe road to a peaceful settlement of the strike have commenced but conferjnces are in progress between the various bodies and extreme tension is somewhat relaxed on account of probable hold up of threatened railway strike till Wednesday. Most of ;he transport workers are said to >c loath to srike at the present time. The express with mails ard passengers is due at midnight. No report has been received from he Susu since leaving port yestertay Action of Transport Workers Seriously Embarasses Efforts of Government to Settle Miners' Strike ACTION OPPOSED TO LEADERS' IDEAS [ONDON, Oct 22—Important developments in the coal strike situation, says The Daily Chronicle may be looked for today. It says, however, that while promising negotiations were proceeding, the railwaymens' executive decided to cease work on Sunday midnight if a settlement had not been reached or negotiations resumed by to-morrow. The situation brought about by this unexpected move by the railwaymen v/as dealt with by Lloyd George just before the House of Commons adjourned last night. His statement was listened to with anxious attention. After the delivery, ?ays The Times, the feeling was one >f relief. The words which fell from the prime minister's lips were felt :o leave fround for hope that, after ill, some adjustment of the differences might be arrived at. Anxious for Peace The desire for a settlement, the lewspaper adds is undoubtedly very general, not only from members of :he government but also among, the niners* representatives. Later, as far is. could be judged from the statenents, some of them were as much fcsconcerted as any one by the ac'on of the railwaymen. Their em>arrassment at the action of the nen they would champion was ceriainly as great as that of the govern ment and in this situation they are none too anxious to increase the ob stacles to peace. Lloyd George said he and hfc colleagues had been actively engaged exploring the ground in conjunction with some of those spokesmen of miners. They were during the afternoon in very full discussions with a view to finding out whether there were any other ways of reaching a settlement which might be sat•sfactory to both parties. The prime minister added: Making Progress "I think we were making favourable progress, but the very aaprecipitate action of the raiiwaymens* executive has embarrassed negotiations, it was an interference which was ex ccedingly indiscreet and precipitate and I cannot find that it was desired by 'anybody. I am perfectly certain that it has done no good to any of the parlies. It has been a great misfortune and it has added very seriously to the difficulties. . However, negotiations have not been broken off. I am hopeful that the discussions will be resumed later on, but it would be very much easier if it were left to the miners themselves to conduct these negotiations without in terference from other bodies, who do . not know the facts in the least. "I wish I could be more encouraging and hopeful, but we shall not cease to use every endeavour to seek a peaceful solution to this great lifficulty that will be satisfactory to all parties." Mr. Thomas, the railwaymen's leader who, it is known, was opposed to the action taken by his union stated that, however much that barrassment at the action of the decision was deplored by the prime ■ninister, he would not allow it to bridge over the difficulties, despite opposition from his own side and he :herefore very much appreciated die S'iatory statement by the prime mm MAY CALL ALL WORKERS FROM THE COAL MINES Welsh Miners Call Conference to Discuss Proposition to Abandon Workings Entirely. London, Oct. 22—The miners* conference of South Wales today asked the national federation to consider the withdrawal of all labor from the coal mines. The mines are being kept in order by specially assigned forces and their withdrawal would render the pits useless for resumption of work. Shops Are Burned And Many Windows Broken » ■ ■" Cork, Oct 23—Several shops were Burned and windows of prinripal business concerns smashed at Baudon last evening, near the s>cene i jf yesterday's ambush of military in which one oficer r.ad Uvo privates were killed. About 80 per cent of the tobacc<f mown as Turkish comes from areece. * I** '' "'■«♦" «■»">.■ I 1p ' ' ' I tt■ll■■ltl I I f 1 I ' ■ - * ' " I ! LADIES' I WINTER COATINGS I ! IN J:" |i SEALETTE ! 11 10.80 Yard. I j! BLANKET CLOTH « i WHITE CARDINAL and | EMERALD GREEN 6.50 Yard. : | CHINCHILLA m \ WHITE, EMERALD, CERISE and LIGHT CHECKS | 7.40 Yard ! - I cord Velveteen, NAVY, TAN, DARK TAN and MOLE 1.75 Yard. , bowringlros., ltd. 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