St. John's Daily Star, 1921-02-01

              The St. John's Daily Star I Our Average Daily Circulation, September 9JSJ ■———■——■«..■■■■—-^-MMMMMW——-——.————.————————————————————^——^^__ I voL- __ (PRICE: One Cent.) -1—- 1.. ! __—_>_ I i II ■ II II II HI TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1921 ($3.00 per Annum.) THE WVA TIJER Probs N.W. to N. Winds; Fair and Colder. No. 25 Newfoundland Man Saves Big Sum Of Money From The Clutches of Burglars In California ARRESTS FOLLOWED ELECTION OF MAYOR O'Callaghan Again Chief Civic Official of Cork—Laurence O'Neil Mayor of Dublin rORK. Jan. 31—The Cork Corpor** ation today re-elected Donald O'Callaghan. Lord Mayor O'Callaghan is at present in the United States. Towards the close of. the meeting a police force arrived and arrested three of the aldermen and seven councillors, taking them to the barracks. Is Not a Sinn Feiner Dublin, Jan. 31—Laurence O'Neill was today elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the fourth succerive year. Although not a Sinn Fewer, he was proposed by the Sinn Feiners and in giving thanks for his election he said that as mayor he would be advised by those chosen by the vast majority of the Irish people as their political representatives. COURT DECLARES IT IS POWERLESS Can't Stay the Execution of Joseph Murphy. Dublin, Jan. 31—On the appeal cf Joseph Murphy, who was found guilty by a court martial of having led an attack in Cork on October! Bth against the military, and sentenced to death, the court today! handed down a decision that it was1 powerless to stay the execution of, the sentence but it thought thY prisoner should be given time to1 make further representations before j the court martial. .. ii .. I 1 %_ j Strike of Free Gold Is Made in Manitoba The Pas, Man., Jan. 31—A strike of free gold in the shaft of the Rex mine at Heber Lake at the depth of 245 feet, is reported. Samples of the ore have been received herewith, it is claimed, gold sticking through generously. t ■_ w  Brought Gold Bullion. Ne* York, Jan. 31—Gold bars Valued at $4.m000 arrived yesterday on the fteamship Aquitania, it was announced here today. PROHIBITION ACT IS EXPECTED SOON Canadian Government to Prohibit Liquor Import?-tions Into the Province s of Nova Scotia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba " • " ■■■' —'■■ i ■ ■ ■- — -.. ■ HISTORY OF PROHIBITION MOVEMENT IN CANADA DATES AWAY BACK TO 18G4 m-r One of the earliest anti-liquo laws in Canada was enacted in Nev Brunswick in 1855. This prohibits the importation, manufacture anc sale of intoxicating beverages. Thi law, because of political complica tions, was repealed within a year. 1864—Dunkin Act. The nex stage was the passing of the Dun kin Act in 1864. This act gave t< counties, cities, towns, township and villages of Ontario and Quebe< authority to prohibit the retail sal< of liquor within their respectivi limits. 1875—Dominion Royal Commis sion. 1876—Formation of Dominioi Alliance. Crook's Act (Ontark License Act.) 1878—Canada Temperance Ac (Scott Act.) When Nova Scotia and Nev Brunswick were federated with Up per and Lower Canada in 1861 there arose uncertainty as to th relative extent of Dominion an< Provincial power in the enactmen of prohibitory legislation. The fed eral parliament delayed action unti 1878 when the Canada Temperance Act-—a Dominion local option lav —w» passed. This act, while no strictfo in accordance with the view provement, in many particulars, oi the Dunkin Act. The Scott Act The Canada Temperance Act popularly known as the "Scot Act," enabled jhe electors in , county or city to prohibit, by vot< the sale of intoxicating liquors with in their boundaries, except for mc dicinal, sacramental or indu stria purposes. The measure was adoptee successfully in New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Is land. In Ontario and Quebec th< act was not a success and by 188$ it had been repealed in every on< of the twenty-five counties and twe cities in Ontario that had adoptee it. The course in Quebec was al most similar. 1892—Royal Commission appointed. Manitoba plebiscite. Majority for prohibition, 12,522. 1893—Prince Edward Island plebiscite. Majority for prohibition, J. 226. \ 1894—-Ontario plebiscite. Majority for prohibition, 81,769. Nova Scotia plebiscite. Majority for proiibitson. 31,401. \ 1895— Report of Royal Commis]cn.1898— Dominion plebiscite. Majority for prohibition, 13,925. E. In !b£? the federal government feckkJ to test public opinion on ne question of prohibition by a plebiscite. This resulted in a majority n favor of prohibition in eight of Jhe nine provinces. Quebec alone tave a majority of 94,324 against prohibition, compared with a total majority cf 108,011 in favor of prohibition cast by the remaining province?. The government declared mat the results did not justify the introduction of a prohibitory measure &nd threw the burden back upon the provinces to go as far as they could constitutionally. 1900—Prince „dward Island adopts prohibition. . 1902—Manitoba referendum. Majority against prohibition. 6,857. Never Enforced. In 1900 the Manitoba Legislature passed a drastic measure prohibiting all licjuor transactions originating and ending within the province, rhis law was never put ?nto force, bowever, a new government disdaiming any responsibility for the act and holding a referendum in 1902 on the question of its enforce-} ment. As a result of this election the act was repealed, by a majority of 6,857. In 1902 the Ontario (fevernment introduced an act similar to the Manitoba prohibitory act. A refersndum vote rejected the act, the Favoring majority of 96,201 foiling short of the 213,723 required maority.Interest in the prohibition movenent revived in Ontario and Quebec (Continued on Page 3) •TORONTO. Ont., Feb. 1—(By Canadian Press)—In connection with the latest phase of the prohibition movement in Canada—the imminent proclamation by the Dominion Government prohibiting the importation of liquors from any province into the "dry" provinces of Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba —it is interesting to recount the various steps in the progress of prohibition throughout Canada, since the inception nearly one hundred years ago, in the scattered settlements of the young colony, of the movements against intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors. In Canada, as elsewhere, it has developed from a personal idea to a social one; from advocacy of abstinence by the individual to that of prohibition of the state. * Organized temperance reform in Canada began early in the 19th Century. Starting with a few individuals, it was not long before these had banded together and a "Band of Hope," "Blue Ribbon Club" or a temperance lodge was to be found in almost every village. These temperance lodges later took on more definite form as fraternal benefit organizations and, following tal prohibition as well as total abstinence. The churches, through the young people's societies, were swung into line and finally superseded the temperance societies. In 1874 the Women's Christian Temperance Union was organized in Canada, and with the fraternal societies stood for legislative action as well as moral suasion. The W. C. T. U., realizing that without the ballot women could not effectively combat the liquor traffic, pioneered the movement that, according to prohibition leaders, led to the enfranchisement of women in Canada.  FIRST STEP IS MADE TO OPEN GREAT LAKES TO SEA )_ .■ i a-ia-ll .'■<■■■ lUHI hn* r*-iv»<l rnierest throughout the west and middle west in the long discussed project to connect the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean so that ocean vessels may ply direct to lake ports © Picture at top shows how Canada is breaking through, with the new channel to Port Weller. on Lake Ontario. Dotted lino on small map indicates canal being built. Large map shows the possible waterway route from St. Paul and Minneapolis, to Duluth, down through the lakes and the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic. FREE FOR ALL RACE ACROSS ATLANTIC Course From Sandy Hook To Ostenc . And Prize a Cap Offered By King Albert. YORK. Jan. 31—Possibly on< or more Canadian and Britisr vessels may enter the ocean raw from Sandy Hook to Ostend oper to the sailing yachts of the worlc to be held July 4th for a cup offered by King Albert of Belgium accord ing to an announcement made by the Belgian ambassador to the Unite* States. The race wil be without handicap and alt sizes and types of sailing yachts with any- rig and from anj nafeioo ajre eligible as well as auxiliary craft, provided their engines are seated Some Entries Made New York, Feb. I—The New Yorl Tiroes this morning announces a. number of entries already received foi the, Atlantic sailing-ra^e,for the golc cup bfftEredtby-the RfcilgV Belgium. tfhe Time*, two of th« entries axe from Canada. ITALIAN DIiTURBAWES. ■ ————j . One Killed and Many Injured a Syracuse. In Italy. Syracuse, Italy, FebVl— In a con flict yesterday between nationalist: and socialists, many shots were firec one man was killed and many in jured. MILLS START UP AGAIN. Industrial Activity in Massachusettj Reported. New.Bedford, Mass., Feb.  al cotton mills started up machinery yesterday Jthat had been idle foi weeks. Fully twenty per cent, more operatives are working this wecli than two weeks ago. BRITAIN REPAIRS BUSS. LOCOMOTIVES British Firm Gets Contract Fran Soviet London, Feb. I—Undertaking for the repair of virtually of all of Russia's locomotives has been signed between the London firm of Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., and the Russian trade delegation. The contract is made subiect, however, to the sign- Ing by Great Britain of. the trade agreement with Russia. An imported! meeting of the C.C.C. Old Comrades will be held to-night when some special business will be attended to. SOVIETS TO RATIFY TRADE AGREEMENT Will Likely Agree to Terms Brough Back by Krassin, Who Returns to London JONDON. Jan. 31—The Centra News earns that the Ruseiar soviet government is expected to ratify the Krassin agreement withoul change. According to this information it approves M. Krassin's worl and appoints him representative tc London. Another Central News despatch says that Lenine, soviet premier, ha; been suffering from a cold, but is otherwise quite well. WILSON IS ASKED TO INVESTIGATE Labor Unionists Take Exception tc Statement Made by Railwaymen. £HIAGO, Jan. 31— President Wilson, was asked to-night by re; presentatives of seven labor unions to investigate the statement of Brig. Gen. W. Attenbury, of the Pennsylvania 1 nes, before the ra lway laboi board that the railroads of the United States must have wage readjustment or be in danger of bankruptcy and, if the statement were found true, to place the matter before congress and ask that body to enact remedial legislation immediate- Robber Was Killed With His Own Gun Providence, R. 1., Jan. 31—Orrie A. Lane, collector for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company stores, carrying the day's collections, was held up on the stairway from .his house today, but turned the hold-up man's gun on the robber and killed him. _ New Cunard Liner Makes Maiden Trip New York, Jan. 31—The Albanian a 12,700 ton passenger steamer, owned by the Cunard Line, arrived here today oh her maiden voyage. The ship is one of several of her class to be added to the line. .Arrested and Released. Dublin, ? Jan. 31—Col. Maurice Moore, commander of the Irish National Volunteers, who was arrested in his residence Saturday night by the military, was liberated today. MILITARY BURN SEVERAL STORES I , Reprisals Carried Out Because Of Ambush in Which Commander Was Killed. , rORK, Jan. 31—Several stores in , Williamstown were burned by I the military on Saturday, in reprisal. jit is declared, for Friday's ambush j near Castle Island, County Kerry. It was in this ambush that Divisj ional Commander Holmes received j injuries which brought about his ; death and in which five constables \ were wounded. 1 i j  STRINGENT PENALTIES I.  j Delaware State is Hard On Highway Robbers Denver, Del., Feb. I—The Delaware state legislature yesterday passed a bill making the penalty for highway robbery forty lashes on the bare ba«k, not less than twenty years' f ana a fine of five hundred dollars! •' .'• '-*"  1 TO RESUME CONFERENCE I  Allied Experts to Meet at Brussels, February 7 Paris, Jan. 31—For the resumption of the conference of experts on reparations which is called for Feb. j 7th at Brussels, the allies have for\ mulated a definite and elaborate pro! grac as a basis for discussion. The i German delegate have been notified of the date and asked to attend. AUXILIARIES IRED ON. i 1 j Crown Forces Are Attacked in the Streets of Dublin. , Dublin, Jan. 31—A lorry full oi. auxiliaries was fired on in North Earktreet this evening and a cadet 1 and boy and girl were wounded. i The shots came from street and doorways. Crown frees made several arrests at certain Dublin counc 1 meetings tonighi . » om~ n—;  Pickford Case.Up Soon. Carson, Nev. Febf 1-—The brief of the state attorne* general in the Mary Pickford divtjrce matter in support of his motmo to set aside her divorce from Cfven Moore, will be filed today or tomorrow, it was announced. | > «wr » ■ - Morgan's Hon* Accepted. Washington, Fer: I—Acceptance of the London home of Pierpont Morgan as a permanent residence for the United States, Ambassador to the Court of St. lames, was authorized yesterday *>y the House. I f NFLD. MAN'S CAUTION FOILS U. S. BURGLARS Banke4 His Money the Afternoon Before the Very Evening on Which His California Home Was Broken Into • MR. R. H. TRAPNELL'S FORESIGHT SAVES HIM SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS his house to pay for the premises. On the day the cash was to be paid . over, the real estate agent was unable, owing to pressure of business, to keep the appointment and phoned Mr. Trapnell to that effect, and arranged to meet him the next day. Not wishing to keep such a large sum in his home, Mr. T. wisely decided to bank it, and it was well he did, for that night burglars visited his bungalow. Whether they knew he had the cash in his house is not known, but they got nothing for their trouble, as the 'pile' had been stowed away in the bank some hours previously. ...._ n■ i in— i m -—- .I. ..ii. p i ■ i a ■ — ■ ——■ _— WORD comes from far off California that burglars are busy there ' as well as in other parts of the world and that a Newfoundlander had a close call from losing a "nifty" sum. Mr. R. H. Trapnell, who took up residence in the land of fruit and flowers a year ago, has met with considerable success in the growing of oranges and quite recently decided to "pull down his barns and build greater." He had completed arrangements to purchase an additional property, and had several thousand dollars in : LINGLEY HALL BURNS AT MOUNT ALLISON Loss Thru Fire Was 35,000—Airship Belonging to School is Destroyed. CACKVILLE, N. 8., Jan. 31—Lingley Hall, part of Mount Allison University, was burned to the ground tonight with the loss of 35,--000.A German airship owned by the school was lost also. The hall was used as a gynasium and the officers' training corps had been drilling there earlier in ~ the" evening. * m »  COULDN'T REACH STRANDED SHIP Efforts of Beauford, N.C., Liftguards i Are Unavail'n Beauford, N.C., Feb. 1. — Life. guards last night abandoned the attempt to reach the five-masted schooner Caretoll A. Deering, which the winds are driving on the beach off Hatteras Shoals. The schooner 1 was first seen Sunday night in a r stranded condition with all sails set. The crew are believed to have I 1 been taken off by passing vessels. —mm-*  ;l WILL PROMOTE FIGHT I ' ! 1 Tex Rickard Will Manage Big Box> ing Bout j New York, Jan. 31—Tex Rickard j will promote the Dempsey-Carpentier i bout for the heavyweight champion- j ship of the world alone. He made: this announcement late today fol-; , lowing a conference with Wrn. A.j Brady, at which he agreed to take: j over the interests of both Brady and: ] Charles D. Cochrane, of London, •< England, who is seriously ill. — , Natives ,of Togoland regard a pint j i of salt as a good day's wage. . | ARE ENTHUSIASTIC OVER ANNOUNCEMENT Promised Completion of Kruger Monument Pleases People of South Afrjca. JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 31. — On the occasion of a brilliant review on Saturday, Prince Arthur of "onnauqht , Governor General of the union of South Africa, amid applause, announced that at the instance of Premier General Jan hristian Smuts, King George had taken steps to secure the return to ;Tie"imTon government or war trophies in form of figures and plaques originally intended as part of a memorial to Kruger at Pretoria. LIVES LOST IN FIRE AT LONDON, ONTARIO Woman and Three Children Perish • When Hall Stove Is Overheated[ ONDON, January 31—The wife and three children of James H. alover, 519 Bathrust Street, are dead from suffocation as the result of a mall Wize in the home about 6.45 )'c!ock this morning. The fire started from an overheatid stove in the back part of the \ouse. PREMIER QUELLS STORMY SESSION /enizelist Adherents Create Uuroar In Parliament Athens, Feb. I—There was stormy ession in the chamber of deputies 'esterday when Venizelist members efused to subscribe to the oeth reniiring allegiance to Constantlne. "he military and police threatened o intervene but the tumult continud until Premier Rhallis mounted the hrone and exhorted peace. ■ ,7^^^^^^^p^^^^^|i§__^__i__gi__@ 1m crescent I jWL THEATRE I a WWWKE? THE COSIEST 1 ~« SPOT IN TOWN | I i I SAMUEL GOLDWYN and REX I BEACH PRESENT 1 J RUPERT HUGHES9 j '.. {j FAMOUS STORY f I "THE CUP OF\ FURY," 1 I 8 Acts 8 ActsU I Directed by T. HAVES HUNTER , | She turned from a life of ease aixd 1 i luxury to the grim)'- toil of a .shipyard = i worker. Once a drawing loom favorite \ I in London—she became a tosser of blftz- I I ing rivets in the bowels of an Americsn» i made ship. Was it worth while! f: I I I COMING: — IRENE CAS&E in 1 ? 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