St. John's Daily Star, 1921-03-11

              The St. John's Daily Star Our Average Daily Circulation, September 9181 New found land THE WE A 7 HER /Vofo-West Winds! Fair VOL. VII. Price: One Cent FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921 ($3.00 per Annum.) ■ ■■I UN '-'■ —'" ' ' ' '■" ' "'— ' l^1"*1 ~ !■■■■■ II- ■ ■■— ■ No. 57 Bolshe Battalions Go Through The Ice In Attempt At The Capture Of City Of Kronstadt GASOLINE EXPLODES Five Tanks, Containing 125,000 Gallons, Are Destroyed at Plant at Brooklyn, N. Y. FIRE OUTBURST WAS CONFINED MEW YORK, March 10—Fire originated in a crude oil still in the Standard Oil Company's plant in the Greenport section of Brooklyn and by noon had exploded five twentyfive thousand gallon oil tanks. Fire in this area more than a year ago destroyed thirty tanks of oil, causing a loss of millions of dollars during several days. — All the fire apparatus in Brooklyn and Manhattan has been sent to the scene. The fire broke out at ten o'clock but before three o'clock preventative measures were taken by the fire companies who had confined the conflagration to five tanks and had stopped its spread. No official estimate of the damage had been given out by the company late tonight, but the unofficial estimate was one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Several of the fire nghers were severely burned. ■ mt ■ British Government Strongly Sustained London, March 10—The British House of Commons has voted approval by a great majority of the government's proceedure in attempting a trade treaty with Russia. The vote of confidence was 218 to 62. The government has refused an agreement on soviet terms. Canadian Senator, , Hon. A. B. Crosby, Dead Ottawa, March 10—Hon. A. B. Crosby, conservative senator from Halifax, died here today. He was sixty-two years of age. Col. George Harvey Is U. S. Ambassador To Great Britain Washington, March 10—Colonel George Harvey has been named United States ambassador to London. President Harding offered Harvey the post and Harvey accepted although the official announcement of the appointment will not be made until other diplomatic posts are filled. * m t The ladies committee of the C C.C. will meet to-night when matters in connection with the "At Home" $772,000! William Dal ton, 17-year-old clerk in the Northern Trust Company of Chicago, walked out of the bank recently with Liberty bonds worth 9772,000. Detectives found him in Heyworth, In.. and recovered all the bonds except one, for $500, which had b«en cashed. Dalton had been with the bank for three years and was getting $65 a month — ii mi iiw i ■ ■-■—«■- -.mr—i——S) WILLIAM DALTON DEBATE DECISIONS OF SUPREME COUNCIL Veifral Duel in Commons Between J. R. Clynes, Labor Member, and Premier Lloyd George, Over Reparations Question and Military Coercion —_————_ CHARGES LEADER OF GOVERNMENT WITH INCONSISTENCY IN HIS POLICY LONDON, March 10—The decisions of the supreme council were lengthily discussed in the house of est centered in the duel between John Clynes, labor member and former controller, and Lloyd George. Mr. Clynes, on behalf of the labor party, challenged the prime minister's change of attitude in hay ing previously declared that reparations were only possible by restoring Germany's economic position and now agreeing to a military coercion policy which could only mean greater unemployment, greater debt and greater t?xation. Mr. Clynes contended that the allies acted precipitately in refusing to grant Germany delay to make fresh proposals. He thought they might have invoked the aid of the United States as arbitrator in a matter of this kind. Lloyd George defined his policy. He argued that Germany's exports to the allies represented more than half her total exports and could not believe that she would risk the loss of that trade by refusing to pay a fifty per cent levy, especially since she had lost *he whole of her eastern trade. Moreover, no German goods were essential to Britain, except aniline dyes and of those Great Britain already had a stock sufficient for a year or fifteen months. Three quarters of the German dye factories, said 'the premier, were in occupied territory and Germany was bound under treaty to supply one quarter of her output of dyes to the allies. "I believe that when Germany realises the meaning of her present attitude," continued the premier, "thehe will be an agreement. She has everything to lose and nothing to gain by resistance." EXPLORATION EXPEDITION Band of Scientists to Probe Natural and Archaeological Secrets of Central and S. America. ■ ■■ ii  COOPERATIVE IDEA FOLLOWED WASHINGTON, Mar. 8-Systematic exploration and research in the interest of natural science will be started in the near future in Cen tral and South America should plans now being perfected by representatives of scientific organizations in this coutnry meet with anticipated success, according to an announce ment made by Dr. A. S. Hitchcock of the Smithsonian Institute. Under the supervision of a com mitte of scientists headed by Dr. Hitchcock, the institute for research tn Tropical America has been form cd and preliminary arrangements lor beginning its work completed in a series of meetings called by the national research council. In addition to exploration along botanical, anthropological, zootggic nl arid geological lines, the institute plans to establish a system of research stations and laboratories in tropics, at which scientific experimen tation will be carried on. Because of the necessity of limiting the scope of the organization's activities, at least until the time when it shall be entirely equipped to branch out, Dr. Hitchcock explain ed, countries outside the two Ameri can continents will not.be permitted to partiipate. While the co-operation of all itropical American countries will be sought, it is proposed at present to admit representatives of South and Central American scientific bodies only to associate or cor respond membership. Those which have already appointed representatives or'signified their intention of doing so, include the American Museum! of Natural History; Field Columbian Museum; Philadelphia Academy of Natural History; Field Columbian Museum; Smithsonian Institute; Carnegie Mus cum; Harvard University; Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; Brooklyn Botanic Gardens; National Geographic Society; American Geographic Society; Yale University; American Phytopathologica! Society; California Academy of Science; Philadelphia Commercial Mus cum; New York Zoological Society; Zoological Society of America; Am erican Society of Agronomy; John Hopkins University and the Universities of Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania.■ mm m ■ ■ British Exhibits For Switzerland Lucerne, Switzerland, 'March 8— An exhibition of the products and manufactures of the British Dominions will be held here from July 15 to September 10.-1921. ? ♦ FRIENDLY DISPLAYS Germans Show No Hostility to Allied Soldiers, Indeed Appear to Like Their Presence. STRIKE REPORT IS UNFOUNDED ALLIED MILITARY HEADQUAtf- A TERS. Neuss, March 10—Allied forces have virtually completed occupation of Rhine ports. General Gaucher, in command of French units here, has issued a proclamation saying the allies were forced to coerce the German government to fulfill obligations, laying emphasis on the fact that the occupation is in no sense a hostile act toward the population, and the authorities would do their best to improve conditions and assure an ample food supply. There seems to be a friendly atmosphere in occupied districts. Strike Reports Untrue Duisburg, March 10—Vague hints that work throughout the Ruhr district will cease within a few days as a result of the occupation of Allied troops were discredited by Allied officials here last night. Simons Endorsed Berlin, March 10—The German Imperial Cabinet unanimously approv ed of the manner in which Dr. Walter Simons had conducted the recent negotiations with the Allies in London ■ ■ Reduction in Wages and Bargemen Strike i » New York, March 10—Approximately seven hundred men employed in loading and unloading of coal and grain barges in this port, went on strike today in protest against a wage cut of twenty dollars a month, it was announced at headquarters of the tidewaiter boatsmen's union. • 1 m> ■ BELGIAN SOLDIER SHOT AT DUISBURG Was Wounded By Some Assailant Yet Unknown Brussels, Mar. 10—A Belgian guard was wounded by a bullet fired by an unknown person in the streets of Duisburg, according to a despatch from that city to The Derniere Heure. The circumstances of the shoot ing have not been disclosed, but £n inquiry is under way. This is the fitst incident of the kind reported from the newly occupied area. * -■ ■ ■ m» ■ WILL NEGOTIATE • - •-  Panama And Costa Rica To Arbitrate Dispute Geneva, March 10—Panama's note to the League of ' Nations, expressing willingness to submit the conflict with Costa Rica to a court of arbitration at the Hague or the International Court of the League* of Nations, was made public to-day. S. IRELAND ASK DELAY Southern Unionists Request Postponement of Date of Opening Parliament.BLOCKHOUSE YARN UNTRUE —*— ■ JONDON, March 10—Answering a question in the House of Com! mons today, Premier Lloyd George ! declared he had received a resolution passed at a meeting of the ! southern Unionists in Dublin asking for the postponement of the appointed day flqr the setting up of the southern parliament. Lloyd George said the government would consider this request, but that there would be no postponement in the case of the northern parliament. The prime minister denied that three hundred military blockhouses were being erected around the north era counties. FOUR MEN VICTIMS OF THE SINN FEIN Two Ex-Soldiers And Two Other Men Killed At Belfast And Augnactoy BELFAST, Mar. 10—Four men who incurred the displeasure of the Sinn Fein were murdered near here Tuesday night. The bodies of two former soldiers were found in a field at Thurles and Bodies of W'fffeP I men at Augnactoy. 1 m ■  OPENS NEW HOPES FOR AN IRISH PEACE Lloyd George's Latest Speeches Basis For The Re-opening Of Negotiations DUBLIN, Mar. ll—ln connection with Lloyd George's announcement in parliament that "the government is willing to con sider any suggestion for the future of Ireland, apart from the demand for an Irish it tan be stated on excellent authority that renewed discussions look ing toward peace, which began with the conferences of Lloyd George and Sir Edward Carson before the reassembly of parliament, are now well advanced. The Government is insistent on the cessation of attacks on the I Crown forces as a preliminary to a peace conference. ■ m* » FOUGHT WITH FIRE ON THE HIGH SEAS Four Days And Nights In A Fiery Inferno Boston, Mar. 10—The Bank Line freighter Halerick brought a million and half cargo of jute here from India today, after a fight with fire and fumes that lasted four days and nights through the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. The flames destroyed several hundred bales of the cargo, but the crey was able to prevent damage to the ship. • m> i  Austrian Sympathy Shown the Germans Vienna, Mar. 11—Official expression of the sympathy of the Austrian republic for Germany, because of the occupation of cities along the Rhine by allied troops, was expressed in an address before the National Assembly here yesterday by Richard Weiskirchner, President Of that body. U. S. Steel Production Shows Big Decrease New York, March 10—The monthly tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation made public today showed six million nine hundred and thirty-three thousand tons of unfilled orders on hand at the did of February, a decrease of seven and half million tons over January figures. • r The St. Bon's and Fcildians will be the contestants in to-night's Tie Cup hockey game. The line-up will be the same as in the previous games. • : TO WED AGAIN? Dispatches from Ireland suy that Mrs Muriel MacSwt-r.cy (above), widow of the late Terrence MacSwiney lord mayor of Cork, is to wed Art Oniric a (below), secretary of ,the JrbMj Self-Determinatiob Lcwuc TALK OVER FISHERIES Fishermen and Trawler Owners Meet at Boston ' to Discuss Wage Differences.OWNERS STATE THEIR TROUBLES BOSTON; Mar. 10—A conference here to-day of the Executive Board of Fishermen's Union of the Atlantic, with represen tatives of owners of the Boston and Gloucester steam trawlers recently withdrawn from the fishing fleet brought no new suggestions for the settlement of the differences, which are keeping about twelve hundred fishermen and fish handlers idle. The fishermen cannot work at the lower wages offered by the owners, it was stated, and the owners' representatives declared the trawlers cannot be operated at a profit at the present. fish prices and rates of pay. REDUCTION IN WAGES ON THE N.Y. CENTRAL Forty-three Thousand Men Affected By Action of United States Railroad fJEW YORK, N. V., March 10—The New York Central Railroad today announced that beginning April 16 it would revise downward the wages of approximately 43..000 employees. It was understood that subsidiary lines, forming the system which employs 174,000 men soon would follow the lead of the parent organization.1 m • JS STOPPED BY ICE Lady Of Gaspe Laid Up At Boston And Crew4 Disbanded Boston, March 10—Because ice fields have closed in on the Newfoundland coast, the steamship serivce between this city and St. John's, Newfoundland, was temporarily suspended to-day. The steamer Lady of Gaspe was laid up at her-dock here and the crew disbanded. It was said that it would probably be several weeks before sailings Could be safely resumed. ■■* ♦ t * An enjoyable card tournament was held in the G.W.V.A. rooms last might and was largely attended. It is die intention of the association to hold a series of tournaments and judging by last night's success they will be well patronized.. ATTACK ON KRONSTADT 800 BOLSHES DROWNED KRONSTADT SENDS SOVIETS ULTIMATUM London, Mor. 11—The revolu tionary authorities in Kronstadt have tent an ultimatum to the soviet authorities in Petrograd, demanding the surrender of the city before March twenty-fifth, on peril of a general bombardment Wholesale executions of workmen are said to have occurred at Oranienbaym, Systerbak and 'Petrograd. Kronstad lost night, by wireless, announced its position with respect to food, ammunition and prospects as excellent. Red Troops Meet With Disaster As They £t< tempt to Attack Fortress Across the Ice. SHARPNEL FIRE BROKE THE FL€B i ■ • Bolshe Leaders Express • Confidence That Revolution Will Be Suppressed at Early Date. DIGA, March 10—Bolsheviki fore es yesterday attempted to reach Kronstadt from Sestroretik across the ice, but were repulsed, according to advices. Shrapnel broke the ice and it is reported that eight hundred of the bolsheviki were drowned. Many wounded have been brought in to Kronstadt. Lenine Confident London, March *\ o—Nikolai Lenme, Russian soviet premier, at the opening of the tenth all-Russiar bolsheviki party in Moscow Tuesday with reference to recent events in Kronstadt, predxted that the revolt in that city would be put down quickly, says a wireless message from Moscow to-day. Kronstadt Manifesto. Riga, Mar. 10—Proclamation issued |by the Kronstadt goernment to the world's workers constitutes a iong document which is devoted mainly to showing that the new rev ohrfidn is a movement on the part cf the laboring population of Russia against attempts by "the autocratic Communists led by Trotzky" to destroy the freewill of the laboring population. It also is a refutation of calumnious accusations by that autocrat that we are led by White Guard generals or have sold ourselves to Finland.RUSS REBS STRONGER Three Brigades of Red Soldiers Join Revolutionists — Petrograd Reported Quiet. ANTI-BOLSHES IN POSSESSION DIGA, March 10.—Three brigades of Bolshevik soldiers have joined revolutionaries at Moscqw, it is said. No Firing in City. Copenhagen, March 10—There area yesterday, according to a Helsingfors correspondent. Conflicting Reports. London, March 10—eRports from Russia regarding the revolution are obscure and conflicting. Helsingfors yesterday said the fate tof Petrograd was still in the balance and denied that revolutionaries were occupying three-quarters of the city. > * m •  BUSINESS IN EUROPE IS STILL DEPRESSED Some Improvement In Italy And Far East Reported Washington, Mar. 9—Continued business depression in Europe, with the exception of Italy, is reported by United States consuls in a monthly survey of world economic conditions, issued yesterday by the department of commerce. Signs of improvement were seen in the Far East, but there 'was litle change in South American countries. Both exports and imports into Great Britain are decreasing, contributing to unemployment.1 — t— ■■ Austrians to Meet Terms of the Allies Vienna, March 10—A demand for immediate delivery of all mili tary material not yet surrendered under the treaty of St. Germain was made by Allied representatives today, and it is understood the Cabinet agreed to comply unreservedly. 1 m *  AGREEMENT UNLIKELY Soviet Trade Terms Not Acceptable To Allies London, Mar. 9—Conclusion of an Anglo-Russian trade agreement has been rendered unlikely through the appeal by Leonid Krassin, Bolshevik Commissioner, to insert numerous political clauses into the preamble, which would virtually constitute a recognition of the Soviet Government, it is authoritatively learned.■ ■<Mi t ■ Find Stock of Arms Cork, Mar. 10—The authorities claim to have discovered many revolvers, hundreds of rounds . ammunition and eleven bombs in the house of Chancellor Oriordan who recently was placed under arrest. ■ ■ •• mt • Curfew Law Altered Dublin, Mar. 10—The military authorities propose to restore the curfew hour to-morrow to from ten o'clock at night to five o'clock in the forning if the present situation remains unchanged, it was announced today. FORCES OF ALLIES IN DUISBURG, 5,000 Two Thousand Distributed Thruout The Town—German Flag Cant' Be Hoisted DUSSELRORF, Mar. 10.—Tift Allied forces in Dusseldorf will comprise five thousand men, three thousand of whom will occupy the barracks, the remaining two thousand being distributed throughout the town. A proclamation issued today forbids famaliarity with members of the allied forces a,nd de•res that lack of proper respect wil subject the citizens to court .martial. All assemblies of public or private nature are forbidden without special permission. Petitions must be submitted three days in advance, giving the name of organization • and approximate number of persons who are expected to attend. The display of the national colors is also forbidden. OUTLINE OF TERMS TURKEY MUST PAY Forecast Of Decision Of Allies In Respect To Near East London, Mar. 10—The basis of the new settlement regarding according to a French source, will, in addition to the evacuation of Constantinople and, to a large extent, include relinquishment of Turkish control of the Straits, internationalization of Thrace, Greek control of Gallipoli and an autonomous regime in Smyrna with the creation of Greek preponderance in the administration, while part of 'Smyrna will be free, to Turkish commerce. Sweeping Wage Reductions Chicago, Mar. 11—Wage reduction proposals, affecting thousands, of men, were officially announced yesterday by practically every western railway, with headquarters in Chicago. Allied Force Withdrawn Berlin, Mar. 11—The allied de tachment which, Wednesday night, occupied Hamborn, was reported in the newspapers as having been withdrawn yesterday, CTHE CRESCENT THEATRE! 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