St. John's Daily Star, 1921-01-31

              The St. John's Daily Star VOL. VII. i ——————i ■»—_———■_—_. (PRICE: One Cent) MONDA/Y, JANUARY 31, 1921 ($3.00 per Annum.) Our Average Dqjly Circulation, September 9181 Newfoundland THE WE A THER Probs N! to N.W. Winds; Stow. a " No. 24 Eleven Are Burned To Death In Hoboken Fire Many Violent Deaths During Week-End, Ireland MANY DISTURBANCES MARK END OF WEEK Shootings, Ambushes and Murders are Reported from Various Parts of Ireland—Terence MacSwiney's Chaplain Sentenced OFFICER AND TWO MEN ARE WOUNDED WHEN MILITARY LORRY IS AMBUSHED J)UBLIN, Jan. 30—Frank Meara, a laborer had had been arrested at fCillfaule, Tipperary, was shot dead today when he tried to escape. Chemist Is Shot Limerick, Jan. 30—Thomas Blake, President of the Limerick branch of $he Chemists's Association, was found dead to-day near his house. He had jjeen shot. Chaplain Sentenced London, Jan. 30—Father Dominic, chaplain of the Republican guard, and *piritual adviser to the late Terrance MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, convicted by a Dublin court martial early in January, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, of which two rears are remitted. Military Wreck Honse Belfast, Jan. 30—Cullensworth House in Ranleigh, a Dublin suburb, was wrecked Saturday by the military. The house was owned by the aged mother of Patrick H. Pearse, pn.ee "provisional president" of IreaIrea Jmd, who was executed after the 1916 tj rebellion. Previously it was used as -.Stendas College. Lately the building j has been rented out as flats, and a ipo rtion of it was occupied by a Sinn frein club. r Died Of His Wounds i Belfest, Jan. 3ft—One of the mcmi bers of the ambushing party which ♦vas surprised by military forces Friday at Coachford, County Cork, died jn a hospital here today of wounds . leceived in the engagement. J Lorry Ambushed - Belfast, Jan. 30—An officer and - one man were seriously wounded and f five others slightly wounded when a * lorry, in which they were riding, was > ambushed last night in the vicinity of Tenure, a quiet residential district on the south side of Dublin. « i Dairy Man Is Shot Dublin, Jan. 31—A dairy man, - named Dody, was shot dead Saturday i flight at Rauinunes by two umlentined , *nen. The authorities describe the - shooting as a complete mystery. of $3,013,115. Of the total number of silver foxes Prince Edward Island possessed 4,704, Nova Scotia 361, New Brunswick 472, Quebec 318, Ontario 120, the prairie provinces 260, British Columbia 65, and the Yukon 113. s m* s In Turkey a man's resktehce and i enough land to support him are ex• empt from seizure or debt. i •""•— , NEGOTIATIONS MAY BE ENDED fOPLWAGEN, hn. 31—A despatch to The Politiken from Riga says a crisis' has arisen in the Russo-Polish peace negotiations. The Polish representative demanded seventy million gold rubles from Russia, but M. Joffe, Russian representative, declined to offer more than thirty. FUR BEARING INDUSTRY VALUED AT $3,968,591 Foxes on Farms in Canada Valued At Over Three Million Dollars Is Report QTTAWA, ONT., Jan. 29—In a preliminary bulletin giving statistics on the fur-bearing industry in Canada, issued by the Dominion bureau of statistics, the value of the iur-bearing industry in the year 1919 is placed at $3,968,591. There were 414 fur farms in operation, in eluding 249 in Prince Edward Island 48 in Nova Scotia, 21 in New Bruns wick, 52 in Quebec, 10. m Ontario, I in Manitoba, I in. Saskatchewan, II in Alberta, 8 in British Columlii?. and 13 in the Yukon. The number of silver foxes on farms was 6,433 with a total value AMERICA TO SUCCEED GERMANY AS A PERIL? IS WORLD QUESTION I Great Britain Is Asking This And Other Questions Concerning Vast Navy Building WORLD IS VERY UNEASY > Inevitable Result Would Be World Organization Against die United 3 States \ LONDON, Jan. 15—Is the Unitec j States to succeed Germany as a j world peril? Will the younger and more impetuous American politicians brush aside . .the elder statesmen and lead the re, public along the path of militarism? Is the nation, chiefly responsible for j the idea embodied in the covenant of . Versailles, to repudiate this idea and civilization back upon a policy of defense by aggregations of materii ai force? These questions are occupying t some of the first minds in England. In 5 one of the great university towns this p week I had a conversation with a j British scholar and publicist of the highest distinction and a man regularly consulted H[y the leaders of British liberalism. He confessed his ' bewilderment and anxiety over a cerj tain aspect of-American politics. American Distrust "Some of your men in official posi lions seems to mc to use harsh and ' words toward us. Appar• (ently they distrust us and wish to 1 impart their suspicions and fears to : the American people. If we deserve ' suspicion and fear from the American 1 $>r any other nation I am ignorant of the reason. We want nothing but ' armaments. We know that armatnents designed to preserve peace proyoke war. We cannot afford any /more war and I doubt if even the i United States can." "What is likely to be the reaction of the world to the American policy ipf large naval development?" the writer asked. "I think the world wijl be alarmted," was the reply. "I think other (nations will regard the United States as succeeding to the role of Germany «nd will take steps to safeguard their common interests. Already one hears expressions of uneasiness from the representatives of many nations." Effect on the World "Why would the world fear a big navy more than a big British navy?" was asked. "Because immemorialry Britain has \been a sea empire with no military pretensions, Through many generations prior to the war our army bore •no comparison to the continental military establishments. It was only an imperial police force. It is such now and will remain such if we have our way. Our navy has a record of more than 100 years of non-interference Vvith anybody. Navies without armies are not Weapons of conquest. You cannot invade a country with a navy. |f the United States, a country of almost limitless military possibilities, ' should add to its offensive strength by land an overwhelming navy, the rest of world would be at its mercy. 1 here is no suggestion from mc, ( repeat, that the United States would misuse her strength or even refrain from using it in the interests of civilization, as she saw these interests, but nations, being what they are, Would suspect her, fear her and organize against her." Britain Ready For* Conference "Would Britain meet the United States half way in a scheme for relative disarmament ?" the correspondent asked. "Undoubtedly. Moreover, I think ;hat France and Italy would do so. jEvery people is out for relief from taxation. The nations have been milked dry. If the militarists get on top, I anticipate a general revolution , and chaos such as are new scouring , great tracts of Europe and Asia. Let president-elect Harding come for- ; ward at the earliest possible date with i Uiis proposals for a lessened output of i the machinery of slaughter. British , statesmen will go into the matter Svith him with the sincerest will to get i something done." ] jr. ►—.  Italian Communists * Urge General Strike ' Rome, Jan. 31—Communists are I working energetically to bring about I a general strike as a protest against i the clashes between the Socialists and \ rthe extreme Nationalists. The gov- i eminent is taking ail the measures ne- 1 cessary to jneet any event with the ut- i most energy. < Trouble " Brewing." WOMAN SHOPKEEPER NABS WOMAN THIEF Spends Night of Weary Vigil in Her Store But Succeeds in Capturing Intruder Even As She Rifles Cash Till DISCOVERS THIEF HA D PRESENTED HER WITH GIFT AT CHRISTMASTIDE j|OT Tec Byrne, Broadway Billy or the great Nick Carter himse-i have anything on a lady who conductr a little shop not far from Carter's Hitt, to-unravelling "mysteries ailicatchmg crnjiinals. The lady who has gained such prominence as a sleuth, makes her living by running a little store in which she sells small articles such as are needed by the average man and woman every day. For. some time past she had been convinced that something was going wrong. Impressions wgfs in her mind that some parties were Helping themselves to the receipts of her store, but who the guilty one was she could not say. She had suspicions, naturally, but as she was not absolutely certain that her property was being taken, conseuently she did not like to acquaint her friends or the police. Still, she could not get the idea out of her head that in some manner unknown to her some one was finding acces to her (store and making leave to the contents of the cash drawer, and perhaps the. stock as well. , Deciding to ease ber feelings she determined to watch, and one night recently she closed the store at the usual time, turned off the lights and locked the door. Instead of going to her living apartments as was customary, she ; Eelected a dark corner of the premises i and made herself as comfortable a£ ! possible on the soft side of a biscuit j box. . j Not a sound did Lij&tne majority .of other citizens she was i troubled with a cough, but she had i provided for this emergency and had : % ready supply of lozenges, "but even with these she had great difficulty at! times to keep from making a noise. | The minutes crept by slowly and j seemed to stretch in hours, and her' vigil was becoming motonous and tiresome. It began to dawn upon her that perhaps she had made a mistake, and was doing some one a cruel injustice by suspecting them of entering her shop surreptitiously. The Intruder Comes She had almost decided to abandon j her watch, when she heard a key enter the lock of the door opposite. ( rhcre was but a slight grating sound. ( and then all was silent as the grave j again. The lone watcher was almost breath . less with suspense and fear. Had she armed herself with a revolver or some ither weapon she would have felt more at ease, but she had hoped that ler suspicions were ill founded, and 1 :he thought that she might need some- < Jung to protect herself with never sntered her mind. < After a few moments, of silence ', ■vhich could almost be felt she was 4 lorrified to see the door open, and < he form of a woman appear. # , The marauder made straight for the ash'till, helped herself to the con- < ents which included a $10 note, a $5 fc iill and loose change. She was about o make a hurried retreat when the • unexpected appearance for the vatcher summoned up all her courage md grabbed her by the arm. The ights were turned on and the thief vas caught as cleverly as one had ;ver been. »**>* c iiiuic iiigi.tcucu, uui mc siorcKCcp mind and made the, thief disgorge. The latter tried to- make an explanation and begged for mercy, and the lady, who had been victimized, showed mercy and promised to let her off rather than hand her over to the police. It is hoped she did the right thing. Knew The Premises The woman who had been caught [in the act had lived in the flat over the shop, and being a daily visitor to the store, knew the lay. She had procured duplicate keys and by using them was able to enter at any time of the night. 'How many visits she made is not known, but the shopkeeper is confident that she out to the tune of at least $75 and perhaps more. To make matters worse the thief had given her a beautiful present wliich no doubt had been purchased with money stolen from her own till. The thief is not a native of this country, but has resided here for three or four years. During that time she has had access to many of our public institutions, had the free run of many private houses, won the high esteem of some of the city's professional men uecause, of her ability as f gorier, butHtt now appears that she is a crook of the first water, and people should be careful about taking her into their cui...uences again. fhe lady who owns the store is naturally delighted that she was able to catch the culprit, but she has not yet fully recovered from her experience. ENDS EYING DAYS OF BIG DIRIGIBLE Almost Broken in Two in Big Gale on Friday Night—ls Ship that Crossed Atlantic. JJOWDEN, England. Jan. 30. -- Dirigible R-34, which'was damaged early Friday morning while making a landing and whicli after j drifting out to sea was finally man-1 ouvered back to her base heir., suffered another mishap during Friday night, being badly damaged by strong wind. 9*54 was almost cut in two and it is announced that xhe airship's flying days are over and she will be dismantled on her arrival at Howden.Friday night's efforts to house the, damaged dirigible were unsuccessful.! She was tethered with great difficulty to a special' anchorage some distance from the shed and thus was exposed to the wind. « s  SEVEN KILLED IN COLLISION; [IMA, Jan. 31—Seven persons were killed and more than forty injured when a passenger tram collidcij with a freight train at Huachana, near Ororya. COMPLETE AGREEMENT REACHED BY ALLIES CONSORZIO BUYS 50,000 QUINTALS LABRifDOR FISH THE Prime Minister informs The Star that by has just received a cable from M. Ragnoli, head cf ther Italian Consorzio, staring th? t die consorzio has "arranges firm purchases and consignments for over fifty thousand quintals cf Labrador fish" aid expressing confidence that this business will be increased before the consorzio dissolves at the end of April. GERMAN INCOIE HAS * MUmPHEITEN FOLD But German State £xpenses Greatly Exceed That Income, Financial Congress L Told. j BERLIN, Jan. in! come is ten time 1 that of pre-war ! days, yet is greatly exceeded by state expenses. This was revealed here when the L»erman 'governmeft's partial . an- j swer to the quesiiahaire submitted by the inter-allied financial congress as Brussels was made public. According to official figures the es limated income for 1920-21 is more than 45,000,000XK1J marks, compar ed with 4,478,(K)0|(0G in 1913-14. The monthly defici* was said to be about 2,500,00e,0CJ marks. The first questiort submitted was: "What measures a*e being taken against further .increase in currency?" | The second question: "What is Germany's position regarding a float kig debt?" The answer to both was: "State expenses are greatly exceeding the income, forcing I c issuance of drafts totalling frgm 45,000,000,--000 to 50,000,000,100 marks, which must be increased and prolonged so long as voluntary loans are not forthcoming." DARIS, Jan. 30—Agreement on reparations, German disarmaments and all other important questions before it, was reached by the supreme council of the allies when it adjourned at 5 o'clock yesterday evening to meet again in London on February 21. Ihe greatest result obtained was, as Mr. Briand, French premier, expressed it after the closing session, "maintenance by the allies of the front as united in making peace as it was in waging war." Count Sforza, Italian foreign minister, and M. Briand, said the conference had resulted to the satisfaction of everybody concerned. A protocol was signed approving the reparations scheme as agreed by the special committee eppointed by the council to consider the subject Entente Powers Sign Rough Draft of Plan For Settlement of Reparations, Disarmament and All Other Outstanding Questions. CONFERENCE WAS FULLY SATISFACTORY " TO ALL CONCERNED IN MATTERS AT ISSUE French Premier Says Greatest Result Achieved Was Maintenance of Undivided Front of Allied Nations in Peace as in War. , \ and also report on the disarmament lot Germany as presented by the military committee. Under these arrangements Ger* many must disarm by July 1, disbanding all her civic guards not provided for in the Versailles treaty. Germany will be called upon to pay in forty-two annuities on a sliding scale, 226,000,000,000 gold marks (roughly $52,000,000,000). Her exports will in addition bear |an export duty of 12 per cent, that I will go to the allies on the basis of last year's exports. This would give the allies 1,250,000,000 gold marks or 12 per cent, of whatever money in which the exports are paid for. Thus it is estimated the first payment made by Germany will Ibe 3.250,000,--000 gold marks, the export tax being 1 paid~eptirely in cash; ■ . FIREMAN IS KILLED IN BLAZE AT OTTAWA ' Two Others Injuref— Seventy Thousand Dollars 'Damage to Property is Done §f - _ .QTTAWA, Jan. 30—One firemen was killed and two others in-! ijured in a §re which last night J completely J the four story! j bui'ding on QueenjiStreet West, oc| cupied by Bach pothers, rag and ! junk dealers. The loss is estimated j at $70,000 of whi|h $6,000 is cov-j j ered by insurance. I The dead man is fireman Nelson! Poirerier, aged 37 rears, of Ottawa, j AMERICAN Imp LOSES P ROPELLOR * k Has Been Taken hSTow'by Another, Americai Craft. Boston, Jan. 3(f—Disablement at; sea of the Unite* States Shipping j Board steamer Joryison Cky, due toj: loss of propellpr, «nd her rescue, byj the board's steamir Neshobee, were announced in radiograms received! here yesterday, "the Neshobee sent word >to her agei|s that she was | lowing the efeablt d vessel to the 'Azores. No pos&on was given. The Johnson Cityfwas bound from Briston, England,: for Charleston,-the Neshobee front Portland, Maine, for Hamburg. a ■ I «gi :  O'Callaghan Must Leave United Sta&s by Feb. 22 Washington, Jan. 30. — Daniel j O'Callaghan, LordjMayor of Cork' i has been ordered py Secretary Wil-' son of the Labor Department to J leave the United Suites by February 12. He is now in|the country as a seaman awaiting aji opportunity to reship. t mm*  Canadian Preteence/ Given fey Trinidad Ottawa, Jan. 3Qn—The new tariff of Trinidad which ogives Canada a preference of only|33J/fc per cent is to be amended mc easing Canadian preference to fifty per cent, according to information Teaching the Department of Tradejjand Commerce. ROD MILL REOPENS Part of Sydney Steel Plant j Restarts to Operate Tern- i porarily—Will Complete Orders on Hand. NEW BUSINESS BADLY NEEDED SYDNEY, Jan. 30—The rod mill will re-open Monday to operate, for a week or ten days, preparing rods for the nail and wire mill op-, erations. Billet and- blooming mills will continue in operation for three or four days after the first of the week, working prinipally on stock and for completion of few *mall or-j ders. It is likely that two or three open hearth furnaces will be closed on Monday. 'The remainder will con-' tinue in operation for fthree or four days longer while the billet and the blooming mills are running. These aire the arrangements for the first of the week decided upon by the Steel Company up to .the present. No new orders of any size haw been received. ' The scheme of operations men-; tioned above will enable the plant 1 to keep going for a few weeks: longer, by that time it is hoped' 11 BURNED TO DEATH ; j Fatal Fire Occurs in Hotel I Colonel at Hobbken. New \ Jersey — Four Others Badly Injured. MANY VICTIMS ' . UNIDENTIFIED I JJOBOKEN. N.J., Jan. 30—Eleven *.; persons were burned to death to; day in a fire which destroyed the •i Hotel Colonel here, and four othi ers were badly burned and taken to i hospital where it was reported to: night that they probably would not : recover. i j A stream of persons were at the ! Morgue today trying to identify the bodies of the victims. They met with only partial success, however, '• although the police said jewelry and other articles on the charred bodies would probably lead to the discovery of relatives of all those burned. Those identified are E. G. Snider,' Brooklyn; Frank Logan, 36, Hoboken; William Smith, Jersey City; Miss Hester Peterson, 26, Brooklyn; ' Miss Daisy Grey, 25, Jersey City. I j, —— ■■■ i some definite information on the or- I der situation will be available. i^m___^_ii^-ii-___^^ —_—-__________._-_____. _________________ p THE £ CRESCENT 1 I m, THEATRE H)  THE COSIEST 1 I gnn SPOT IN TOWN I I I I SAMUEL GOLDWYN and REX f I BEACH PRESENT 1 I RUPERT HUGHES' || . FAMOUS STORY j I "THE CUP OF I FURY," I 8 Acts _ £ 1 j Directed bjv T. .HAVES HUNTER 1 1 ■ : 2 I She turned from a life of ease and I luxury to the grimy toil of a .shipyard 1 I worker. Once a drawing room favorite = in London—she became a tosser of blaz- S I ing rivets in the bowels of an American- | made ship. Was it'worth while? | f • . L __ , | | COMING: — IRENE CASTLE in I I "THE FIRING LINE," and MILDRED i = HARRIS CHAPLIN in "POLLY OF I i THE STORM COUNTRY." 1 NEW GOODS. I 0 Water Power and Hand Power WASHING MACHINES Wood and Iron Frame WRINGHSRS , Hand and Foot SEWING MACHINES Perfection and Florence OIL COOKERS, \ ;. OIL HEATERS ACME and HOCKEY SKATES, SKATE STRAPS, Etc., Etc. Bowring Bros., Ltd. HARDWARE DEPARTMENT. 'PHONE 332. 11 ■! i i i I. i i i i j MUBgsssassa