St. John's Daily Star, 1921-02-09

              The St. John's Daily Star THE WE A J HER Probst, to N. Winds; Clearing and Colder / * — ———————— Our Average Daily Circulation, September 9181 Newfoundland f? No, 32 f i  ($3.00 per Annum.) VOL. VII. (PRICE: One Cent.) WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1921 \ .-••■. • ,  COLLIERY ACCIDENT Fifeeen Miners Injured at Sydney When Cable of Mining Rake On North Side Snaps. FOUR OF THE MEN ARE BADLY HURT CYDNEY,, N. S., Feb. B—Fifteeen miners were injured, four seriously, in Dominion No. 12 Colliery this afternoon, when the cable on the riding rake in'the north side of the mine snapped. The day shift had just left the rake when the night shift, comprising about twenty men, took their places. The rake had just started away when the cable broke, causing the rake to proceed down what is known as Merriam's Deep at a fast rate. Some of the men, realizing what had happened, jumped and thus were saved from serious injuries. Five of the injured .were rushed to different hospitals immediately they were brought to the surface. Others, who had sustained minor injuries, were taen to their homes. Among the injured are Fred E. Vachdresse, Fred Stevens, William Waterfield and Dan McDonald, who are at present in the hospital. Their' injuries, while serious, will not prove fatal. j A foreigner was later removed to St. Joseph's Hospital, suffering with cuts about the head. ■ ■ ■  Leper's Movie Show i Port of Spain, Trinidad, Feb. 7—A moving picture theatre has been opened for Trinidad's leper colony. An orchestra of fcirl lepers furnishes the music. ■ *m» m Favor Penny Piece Washington, Feb. 7—A Roose velt two-cent piece is favored by the House Coinage Committee, which has reported favorably a Senate Bill authorizing the coin. ■ mm 9  Women's Suffrage Albany, NT., Feb. 7—A bill intended to place women on an equal footing with men in industry has been introduced in the New York state legislature. SMUTS IS AHEAD IN FIRST COUNTS Has Great Majority So Far In South African Elections Capetown, South Africa, Feb. 8 The South African Party, of | which General Smuts is head, has I elected 39 candidates up to this hour, the Laborites have elected 8, Nationalists 6, and Independents 1. The country vote is still uncertain. It iTexpected that the Nationalists wil- gain some seats in jthe Transvaal, while the South j Africans look for good results in !the Cape Province. The prevailing opinion is that General Smuts will have a good working majority. % mm * • GENERAL ELECTION IN CANADA LIKELY j Peterboro Defeat May Force An Appeal To Country Ottawa, Feb. B—The immihably come following the passing of supply. ence of a general election is wide It discussed here as a probable result of the Liberal victory in West Peterboro. Although members of the Government decline to discuss the possibility of such an outcome, there is a strong wing among government support ers which favors an appeal to the jfoeople and the adoption of such jft course would not create much Surprise in well informed circles. If the Government decides to (dissolve dissolution would prob- FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING i ,  New York May Re-Enact Measure Next Year New York, Feb. 7—New York state may follow the lead of Canadian cities ip respect to the period of daylight saving' next j summer. A bill now before the legislature provides for five months of daylight saving, instead of seven. Under the provisions of this bill the time changes will be made on April 30 and September 30. More Drunkenness New York, Feb. 7—lncrease in drunkenness is indicated by the report of the Finger Print I Bureau. The records show that I the increase affects the women more than the men.  NO IRISH REPUBLIC Britain Won't Consent To Setting Up of Independent Nation at Her Very Gates. IRISH HOME RULE IS BROAD MEASURE LONDON, Feb B—Lloyd-George alluding to Ireland, said the Coalitionists have given Ireland a greater measure of Home Rule that either Gladstone or Asquith had proposed, he added: "They t won't take it. They must have an Irish republic, an Irish army, an Irish navy. They won't get it, and if they don't get it, we are told, they will kill our policemen, our soldiers—not in open fighting, but hiding in holes, walking as respectable tenant farmers, or swaggering along the rpad until they come to a hiding place where they find rifles, passing per haps the very policemen they are about to murder, as though they were innocent men. "Are we to allow that sort of filing to be done without pro- Veeting the people we are sending there ? "There is no issue between us and our political opponents on Home Rule. We have gone one better than Gladstone on Home Rule. There is an issue about setting up an independent country by our very gates; there is an issue as to whether the policemen and soldiers who are there up- i holding the honor of our flag, are to be shot down by men who lurk in houses. I know of uo other issue." ..«..■ THREE CHILDREN DEAD Lose Their Lives In Fire Which Destroys Dwelling Lachute, Que., Feb. B—Four8—Four lives were lost on Monday night as the result of a fire which destroyed the residence of Mr. Leo Carriere at Pine Hill, twelve miles northwest of LaChute. The dead are .Lillian, aged 7, Gaeton, six, Gaetanne 5, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Carriere, and Rose LaPorte, a maid employed by the family. » 00 t  [GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE ——_ Will Take Part In Loncbn Conference March First Berlin, Feb. B—The German 'Government has accepted the invitation to participate in the A!- j lied Conference on reparations in i London on March the first, it is announcer to-day. The Govern[ ment in sending its acceptance [£ets forth its supposition that the negotiations will include the discussion of German counter proposals. WON'T RACE AMERICA Britons Do Not Regard U. S. Navy As Menace Washington, D.C., Feb. 8— Great Britain will not undertake a race with the United States for' sea power, Sir Philip Gibbs, Brit ish war correspondent, declared to-day before the House Naval Committee. Great Britain hasn't the money, he said, and most Britons do qgt regard the United States navy as a menace. BRINDELL IS SENTENCED President Of N.Y. Builders Trade Council Gets Five Years New York, Feb. .B—Robert P. Brindell, President of the. Building Trades Council, convicted of extortion from builders, was sentenced today by Supreme Court Justice MacAvoy,-to sejr_ve from five to ten years in the state pris- ■ >  Died At Age Of 120 Wittenborg, Wis., Feb. 7— Mrs. Dick Hippoker, said by her daughter to have been 120 years old, is dead here. Her daughter is 86 years old. « Swallowed The Evidence. Richmond, W. Va., Feb. B—A police . plot Ip, capture an alleged bootlegger failed recently when Mrs. Mollie Richardson chewed up and swallowed the evidence, a marked $5 bi]l. The three officers on the job sent'a "spotter" in fith the bill to purchase a pint of liquor but reported later that they had only succeed cd in losxig ihe money. Marriage to Aid Rumania The marriage of Princess Marie of Rumania and the Czar of Bulgaria, whose engagement is just announced, will increase Rumanian influence in the Balkans. This picture shows the newly engaged couple. Another important royal Rumanian marriage is set for May 6, when Princess Elizabeth. 9ueen Marie's eldest daughter, i.H io wed Crown Prince George of Greece. U. S. PRESIDENT-ELECT FACES MANY PROBLEMS Some of Issues Facing Harding are Old and Some Are New—A-Longstanding Problem is That of Negro Population COLORED MEN WANT RACE PRIVILEGES VOTED THEM, BUT LONG WITHHELD WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (By Can" adian Press)— When barren G. Harcßng assumes office me* March 4 next-as President of the United States, he will have plenty of problems to face, some ,of them old and some new. Included in the latter category will be the demand for recognition by the negro element of the country. The black papulation is estimated at 12,000,000. The recognition they demand is a share in political appointments. They are also asking for legislation to protect them in their political rights. In this era of demands for "self determination" the Uooted States negro thinks.he sees his opportunity. One element of the colored population has been holding conventions and electing a "provisional president cf Africa" as, well as a "leader of the African race in the United Sfates" But the majority seem content to consolidate their position on the American continent, and secure privileges which were nominally, but never really granted them as a result of the civil war. Negroes claim 1 hat the result of the presidential election of last November was a triumph for them. Tbe Southern Negro Since the days wf "Linkum" the southern negro has-been a staunch Republican. But the southern white :nan has been a solid Democrat, so that the .negro vote .did not bring ••hi rnft&i in the way of results. However, last November a lot of southern wrote men saw fit to change } iheir politics, and the "solid Demoj cratic south" was shaken to its foundations. Some of the states actually went Republican for the first time. Others were held by the Demoj crarts by the narrowest majorities. ' Everywhere the Republican party j made big gains. This gave the negro j Republican a standing that he never I had before, and now he is trying to I make the most use of it. Roosevelt's Policy When Mr. Harding assumes of! free in March he will find the representatives of the negro waiting |on the steps of the White House. I They will as!c him to g:'ve the black ! man a chance for public office. They ; will remind him that a former Rej publican president, Theodore Roose- I velt, broke the ice in this respect. ajr.d ask for a resumption of the Roosevelt policy, and an extension of it Roosevelt appointed negroes to office, but preferred to do so in the northern states, where the feeling against the blacks was not as ] keen as it is in the south. His action .in entertaining Booker T. Washkigj ton at the V ».ite House created a j great deal of criticism at the time. CABLE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD (MIAMI, t FLA.,v Feb. B—Tony Tommy, chief of the Florida Seminoles, who still wear the garb of their forefathers, is first of his tribe to buy and operate his own automobile. After a course of instruc tion at-a garage the chief now rolls into town each week from his village near Fort Lauderdale, aV-<rhe wheel ol his machine; but with a pair of horn-rim glasses as his only other concession to the ways of the pale faces. ( Steamer Long Overdue. New York, Feb. B—The tank steamer Hewitt, with crew of fortytwo and a Cargo of sulphur from Sabine, Texas, for Boston, is now ciine days overdue and enquiries by wireless have failed to locate her. Voting in South Africa. Cape Town, Feb. 6*—Voting to select members of the new House of Assembly took place to-day thruout the Union of South Africa. With the casting of ballots a period will be put to one of the most important general elections that has ever taken place in the British Empire because South Africa's premier, General Smuts, has fought his campaign directly on the issue of. the continuance r.f .the British connection which has been denounced by his chief opponent,. General Hertzog, leader of the Nationalist Party. , Want Mies Floated. £ Munich, Bavaria, Feb. B—The premiers of the various German states have agreed to urge the Berlin government to refuse compliance with-the Allied demands as formulaled by the Supreme Council in Paris two weeks ago. v • Greek* Organize Force. Rome, Feb.' B—Seventy thousand Greek troops sure 'being organized for a great offensive in Asia Minor, i? is said in reports received here horn Smyrna. The Turkish Nationalists claim they will be able to offer a stubborn resistance. i Miners Go On Strike. Cape Town, S.A., Feb. B—The ctrike of five thousand miners in a rand district on the eve of the elec tion came as a thunderbolt. The belief is expressed that' the' strike was a political move, designed' tq consolidate the ranks of the labor party. There have been perdicfions that labor would capture twenty r-eats. Won't Accept Cut In Wages. Hakodate, Japan, Feb. B—Ten rfoo"sand coal miners, employed by the Hakkaidp colliery and steamship company, have struck, refusing to ac cept * twenty per cent cut in wages. « >  The Trepassey train is still snow bound at Biscay Bay. It is still snowing and drifting "along the line and all trains, are consequently at a standstill. ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR NEXT GT. BRITAIN AND AMERICA ON PATH LEADING TO WAR Anglo-American Relations Badly Strained, British Foreign Office Tells Newspapermen. Difficulties Between Two Nations Evidently Much Greater Than They Appear. DIFFERENCES COULD ALL BE SETTLED BY PATIENT DIPLOMACY OF NATIONS Washington Amazed at the British Pronouncement, Which it Terms "Illadvised, Untimely and Undiplomatic"—Regards Possibility Of Anglo-American War as Very Remote. MDNTREAL, Feb. B.—A London cable to the Montreal Star says that the British Foreign Office on Monday made a gesture of tremendous significance when it summoned to its office in Whitehall every correspondent, representing an American newspaper or news service, and uttered through the lips of one of the most important figures in the Anglo-American relations to-day, a warning that we are treading the path leading to war. The newspaper men, accustomed to dealing with softer phrases of diplomacy, were amazed at the frankness of speech, from which it was to be inferred that America's relations with England | are strained to a far greater degreen than would appear on the surface.Although the speaker smoothed away some of the harshness of the text by declaring that there was no question under discussion which could not be settled diplomatically, in substance, the statement was a direct appeal to both countries, through the press, to exercise patience and to use every possible care to guard against j statements or actions which may serve to arouse feeling either in I Canada or America. But it was a forceful, vigorous warning in I which terms, not usually found in diplomatic exchanges were used. The speaker insisted upon describing the situation as one o{ | broad aspects in which Anglo-American peoples are drifting apart I through a lack of comprehension of each other. 5 THOUSAND SUICIDES IN HUNGARY IN YEAR Thirty-two Hundred Wome.i and Twenty One Hundred Men Took Their Own Lives. TEN THOUSAND OTHERS ATTEMPTED THEIR LIVES. igUDAEST. Feb. b—Thirtv two ; hundred women and 2100 men ! committed suicide m Hungary dur! ing 1920, police reports for the year j show. In addition, there were more | than 10,000 unsuccessful attempts at suicide. The tremendous increase is causing much worry inasmuch as the ! pre-war figures were from 50 to 60 j suicides yearly. The situation is at- I tributed to the gradual deterior- I ation in living conditions and the [fact that the war had the effect of {making human life much cheaper. Government, society and church I circles, realizing the grave danger of the country, have begun a cam- I paign against self destruction. Sermons on the subject ' are being I preached in all the churches and a i special police force has been organi ized to keep strict watch and pre- ' vent suicides. In a number of cases where the police intervened in time \ the persons attempting suicide proj tested against what 'they termed the , j tyrannous oppression of the author- j ! ities. • • ('. . i  SPLENDID RECORD OF LONDON POLICE I  j Great Progress Made in British Capital in die Prevention and Detection of Crime. i - ! LONDON'S MOUNTED POLICE REINFORCED, WELL-EQUIPPED | [ONDON, Feb. B.—(By Canadian I Press)—The year 1920 was rei markable for the great progress I made by the Metropolitan Police in I methods of preventing and detect' ing crime of every description. I General Horwood, the commissioner, 'is a firm believer in the importance jof motor-vehicles as an aid to the j police, and it is in this direction I that the improvements have largely i been carried out. Uniform and detective superinten! dents have now their own automo| biles in which they can rapidly go | from one point to another of their i large districts. Motorcycle side efts are kept at j various police stations for the use of j officers in case of emergency, and I divisional detective inspectors have j their motorcycles and side cars toj j drive to the scene of a crime or to ! visit outlying stations. The mounted police, too, under | Colonel Laurie, have been reorgan| bed, their equipment improved, and j the men mounted on some of the ! finest horses in the country. Under j the new organization a large body of mounted police can be concenj trated in any part of London with|in half an hour. The effect of these improvements I has been seen in the extraordinary j j number of clever . captures that j have been made of, burglars, pijck j pockets, and other criminals. The i flying squads of • detectives attached Ito New Scotland Yard, working injdependency under tfie "Bjg Four** j detectives, have done well in rounding up housebreakers and breaking !up gangs of thieves who infect 'Lube j stations, trains and omnibuses. AFTER BRITISH MUSIC MARKET German Musk Engravers After Trade They Lo|t By War. London, Feb. 8 (By Canadian press) —German ns»sic engravers are making great efforts to win back the dominating position they held in England before jjhe war, and a certain amount of music recently published in London' bears the legt end "Printed hv Leipzig." The Musical and. Herald mentions that Leipzig can produce 5 an engraved plate % 2s. 6d. where• ar the un-engraved plate alone costs 4s. here. WASHINGTON SCOUTS IDEA OF ANGLO-AMERICAN CLASH WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—Members of Congress and administrative officials of the government received with amazement the news that an important figure in Anglo-American politics had warned American correspondents that the two nations are treading the path leading to war. Secretary of State Colby read with interest the despatch from London, but declined to comment on the information it contained. The thing seems preposterous, said Mr. Colby. Comment in the main was guarded, the possibility of war growing out of questions now in dispute between the two countries was regarded as ridiculous and surprise was universal that a British spokesman should so openly have referred to it. His remarks were considered ill-advised, untimely and undiplomatic. There was apparent an under current of resentment, as well, that the British should regard expressions and activities of private American citizens in so grave a manner, as to warrant an official spokesman of the government issuing an official, if anonymous, warning, to this country. : BRITAIN TO PAY INTEREST TO U. S. IN INSTALMENTS? Question of Deferring Payments of Interest Due By British on War Debts To Be Considered By America n, Congress SECRETARY OF THE U. S. TREASURY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS POLICY ALREADY WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 8— The question of war debts owed this country by European powers has been the subject of a keen debate by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Secretary Houston of the Treasury stated that at least one J power had requested the United States to cancel its war loan but refused when interrogated by Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri to name that nation. Persistent rumors are current here ihat an agreement has been reached between Great Britain and the United States'as to terms of payment fqr, war loans and deferred interest there on. Britain has not paid any interest on her American loans since April 1919, Secretary Glass having taken ii upon himself to permit the lapse of interest after consulting with three members of the House Ways and Means Committee, they having agreed that the law gave him such power. The amount of interest owed by Britain is four hundred and seventy millions per year and as this navment has been deferred until (922 it means that Great Britain's indebtedness is increased by one and a half billion with no Verest on the deferred interest charges. Sir MacKenzie Dalzelle Chalmers is soon coming to America to assist I Sir Auckland Geddes. Lobby talk I here is persistent in repeating that ' both Secretary Houston and Secretary of State Colby have agreed to a plan which will allow Great Britain to pay one-thirteenth of this one billion and a half of defaulted interest per year for four years and then one-fifteenth per year until it is paid. Of course it is easy to understand why England desires to postpone payment of this indebtness' as long las she possibly can and then be al- I lowed to pay it in small instalments. She has a war debt of thirty-five billion and delaying the payment of her interest charges will enable her "fo reverse the present trade balance now against her in favor of the United States. It is expected that this proposed pirn when aired in Congress will result in one of the stormiest battles waged for years on the floors of Con gress. CTHE CRESCENT THEATRE! THE COSIEST SPOT IN TOWN PROGRAMME FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SAMUEL GOLDWYN PRESENTS MABEL NORMAND in a delightful drama—the stortf of a Circus, entitled: "JINX" ■—mm———MMMlMMMM«■————mmmemMM—M—mmemmmmmmemmmemm 'Juanita Hansen' in the current sensational chapter of that or Great Wild Animal Serial: 'THE LOST CITY' __ MILDRED HARRIS CHAPLIN in "POLLY OF THE STORM COUNTRY," a First National Attraction