St. John's Daily Star, 1921-03-16

              The St. John's Daily Star vol. vn. Price: One Cent Our Average Daily Circulation, September 918 l Newfoundland WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1921 THE WE A 7HER Gales, N.L or L ($3.00 per Annum.) No. 61 Capt. Bob Bartlett, Commanding U. S. Transport, Figures fn a Collision Off The Coast Of America ASK FIFTY MILLIONS Austrians Apply to Allies For Big Loan With Which to Purchase Stocks of Food. HAVE SECURITY FOR THE AMOUNT JONDON, March 15—The conference held in Downing Street yesterday which was attended in addition to experts by British, French and Italian ministers at Vienna and the French Ambassador in London, I he Austrian representative asked for a loan of fifty million pounds with which *o import food. The Austrians offered as security allied control of state railways and customs and of salt and tobacco monopolies on which they said the Austrian. Government already was. making a profit. They suggested also the recreation of a new monopoly for alcohol and sugar. ■ i i  REDUCES PASSENGERS U S.. Immigration Laws Result In Loss Of Traffic To Liners London, March 16—Liners sail ing for the United States from v the British Isles for the next few days will be almost without third class passengers as a re-, suit of the United States consular order providing for the detention of emigrants for twelve days. Those who intended sailing a*e~be*ng cleansed medeally, inspected and put under d©»NHb* • servation. — i m • Severe Earthquake Buenos Aires, Mar. 16—A se- \ vere earthquake occurred shortly before midnight Monday at - the village of Chilecito, mining 1 town in the provnee of Kioja. < The extent of the damage is not i reported. '' WIDOW GET* $80,000 Husband Was Killed In C.P.B. Wreck At North Sydney Calgary, March 15—The widow of the late Dr. Chambers, of Calgary, killed in the Canadian Pacific wreck at North Bay, Ont, last year, was awarded $80,000 damages against the Canadian Pacific Railway by the appellate court of Alberta. The widow had ; sued for $150,000, and the railway had offered $30,000. ! RED BLUFF IS CALLED ' Kronstadt Invites Newspaper Men to Visit Fortress and Note Falsity of Bolshe Reports. REDS EXECUTE THEIR OWN MEN Ii '  DIGA, March 15—The Kronstadt authorities have transmitted wireless message inviting foreign correspondents to come to Kronstadt and be convinced with their own eyes of falsity of Bolsheviki accounts of revolt. At Krasnoya Selo railwaymen re-fused to transport the red army. The Bolshevik War Minister, Trotsky, oidered the execution of many of the Petrograd commissaries! inefficiency during the first days of the revolt.  MILITARY CYOLJSTS SHOT (Eider Is Killed Troin AJfiDTOir In The Dublin Area Dublin, March 15—There was \ine attack today on the two mill tary motor cyclists in Dolphin's Barn, district of Dublin. One of the riders was shot dead and the other was shot in the lung, receiv ing injuries which it is believed will prove fatal. < HOW THAT "FAMOUS VICTORY" OF THE TELEGRAM WAS WON LJ OLYROOD, March 14.—1 do not attribute our I* * defeat to tfjie policy of the Government nor to ; any perlsonal unpopularity of self or colleague but ; wholly and solely to a base appeal to the religious passions and prejudices of certain sections of our District by unprincipled men and political scoundrels, spellbinders of the opposition party who, on last Friday night» in desperation sunk to the lowest depths of political degradation to save by deceit and fraud that which they could not win honorably. If Newfoundland hopes to maintain and to retain the political prestiges established by Whiteway, by Bond and by Morris in the councils of empire we shall have to purge our parliament of the species of politician whom the opposition party sent to Harbor Main for the purpose of spreading the inflammatory stuff that the Squires' candidates had to contend with in this election. Furey and fought the campaign through manly and honorably according to the ethics of the game as per the premier's instructions to us. The people of Harbor Main on Friday last were prepared to uphold 1 Squires party's policy by a large majority and was this knowledge that drove our opponents to the cowardly and despicable tactics which they adopted on Friday last. Harbor Main District will soon discover her error and the 950 intelligent and independent men who supported us will not be content to abide very long by a decision so unfairly won.—M. &\- HAWCO. FIVE DEATHS IN TRAIN FIRE DUEBLO, Coi, MareTTS^ Five were burned to death when a rear Pullman on the Denver and Colorado railroad caught fire early today. PROPOSE UNIFORM SHIPPING PAPERS Imperial Shipping Committee Thinks British Bins of Lading Should Be Identical. | ATTAWA, March 15—The Imperial Shipping Committee which was appointed in June of last year by the British Government, after consultation with the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, submitted a report on the limitation of shipowners liability under bills of lading. This report unanimously commends uniform legislature throughout the Empire on lines of existing acts, but based more precisely on the Canadian water carriage goods act subject to provisions in regard to exceptional cases in which goods may be carried at owner's risks, precise definition of physical limits j to shipowners' liability and fixing of monetary limits of liability. SEALING NEWS Northern Fleet in Heavy Iee—No Sign of Whitecoats The following messages were received from the sealing flfleet last night:— Viking—Crew have panned today 4,000; seals in spots with clean sheets between; position 30 miles E. S. E. of Bird Rocks; all well. Eagle—Position N. E. of Funks; jammed in heavy sheet ice. Terra Nova—Position 40 miles N. E. of Funks. Ranger—Position N. E. of Fanks; . large sheet ice, difficult to get through; making a little progress N. . E.; all ships in sight , , i m» ■  GERMAN PROFITEERS ARE GIVEN WARNING , Allies Won't Allow Them To Manipulate Prices Dusseldorf, March 15—Gener J al Gaucher, commander of occn- t pational forces, in a new order i issued today, warns the mer- i chants of the occupied area not < to further raise prices. They are J cautioned against creating the impression that higher prices charged for clothing and foodstuffs are due to Allied occupation. Offenders will be punished ! severely and their stores closed, I the order says. The merchants s say the higher prices are caused j by the fact that goods are not i coming into the region. WORKED IN GAS MASKS Crew of Steamer Kazembe Had Terrible Time Ex( tinguishing Fire Amongst ) Cargo. i JETTISONED A LOT OF FRUIT gOSTON, March 15—Fire aboard the Bucknell freighter Kazcmbe which arrived to-day from Alexandria and Messana gave her crew a hard time for c week. i Fumes overcame some of the crew and it was found necessary to jettison four thousand crates of oranges and lemons and five hundred bales of Egyptian cotton. Chief officer Baker and second officer King who had been lowered into the burning hold to get at the flames with hose fines were lifted out unconscious and chief officer Baker may lose an eye from a spark injury. It was only when the crew obtain ed gas masks at the Azores that the frames could be .extinguished. ACQUITTAL DIRECTED ' Four Men Indicted In Building Trust Cases Set Free New York, March 15—In the Supreme Court Justice McAvoy today directed the acquittal of John P. Hettick, Wm. J. Dorgan and Wm. H. Chapman, on trial with four other defendants indicted in connection with the Building Trust investigation on a charge of violation of the State Krust Law. ,t tyrol Defies Austria a, Mar. 16—Asserting that s no federal law prohibiting a vote of expression of sentiment, the Tyrol has . defied the prohibition of the Central Austrian Government relative to the holding of a plebiscite on the Rof fusion with Germany. Of War At An End , 15—A decree pub-! -day announces the ces- i sation of the state of war in the annexed territories of .Venetia and Julia. General mobilization af the army is declared ended ■ » ■ FAMOUS PRISON TO GO. Paris, March 16—Another of the landmarks of Paris is to disappear. St. Lazare; the women's prison, will shortly be pulled down and a new f.rison will be constructed in a sur> urb. The prison was formerly a con vent It had been condemned MURDERS TURK STATESMAN DERLIN, March 15—Taiaat Pasha, former grand vizer j and Minister of finance of Tarkey, vat assassinated in a west, era suburb of Berlin today. He was shot to death. The murderer, an Armenian student, was arrested. — ■ ■ BIG FORCE IN IRELAND Consists of si Battalions of Infantry, 7 Cavalry Regiments and 32 Batteries, Artillery. ARMY ESTIMATES IN THE COMMONS JONDON, March \sr~Sir Laming Evans, Secretary for War, in introducing the army estimates m the House of Commons today said the .ultimate aim of the wernment was to recreate an expeditionary force of six divisions. At present, however, the army was very far from, being as complete as' before the war, he declared. Regarding territorials, the War Secretary said, it had been decided to provide fourteen divisions as a second line. Provisions had been . made for the development of a \ tight tank to co-operate wu;h the in-, fantry, he continued, apd a fast, powerful tank which wojld be more j i yUbf mmmm**Y&tM fV f must be developed because it Was j more economical in peace times and ! saved manpower in war. Replying to a question as to the j forces in Ireland, he said that there ' were fifty-one battalions of infantry, seven cavalry regiments, thirty-two j batteries of artillery, four engineer! field divisions, and three signal! units. WON'T TAKE CUT WAGES Seventy Thousand Railroad Men Voice Opposition to Reductions Proposed By Companies. WON'T ACCEPT THE NEW SCALE JJEW YORK. March 15—All skilled workers employed by the New York Central Railroad, with the exception of the Big Four Brotherhoods, to-day announced that I hey as well as unskilled labor would 'reject the iwage cuts proposed by the company. This announcement was made by William Parker, general chairman of the United Brotherhood of maintenance of ways, employees and railload shop laborers, after representatives of the common laborers had {notified the {company [they woi/!if not accept teh proposed cuts.. Altogether nearly seventy thousand men now have made known their opposition to the plan. FOUR THOUSANL PANNED ■ Steamer Viking In Record Herd • Of Seals In The Gulf Quebec, March 4—Th.c sealing steamer Viking reported by wire less thismprning she is jammed in ice thirty-four miles south of Bird Rock, Magdalene Island, but befpre she was caught she encountered a record herd of seals and killed four thousand in three hours. Procedure Outlined Coblenz, Mar. 16—The principles to be followed in the collection of customs and outlines of the new tariff for the zone along the Rhine are contained in a state ment sent by the Allies to the Rhineland Commission. i » For Protection of Girls. \ London, March 15—The criminal law amendment bill for the better protection of girls passed the committee stage in the House of Lords : tonight. OUTSPOKEN SECTARIANISM USED BY THE OPPOSITION YESTERDAY THE STAR remarked that on Polling Day for the byeelection in the district of Harbor Main, Cashin supporters here in St. John's were very confident of the success of their candidates, particularly at the head of the Bay, by large majorities.. They professed to have something up their sleeves to justify such confidence. They made bets recklessly and created the impression that they had worked some stunt at the last minute and were pinning their faith to it for their, success at the polls. Well, it appears, they worked the oracle of sectarianism energetically at the eleventh hour. Sectarianism formed the basis of their appeals t<o Roman Catholics against -the Squires government. In proof of that assertion The Star here submits a Sample of the general tenor of a public address made to a Harbor Main gathering during the final , stages of the campaign, Mr. W. J. Walsh, the speaker, proceeded along the following lines: I wouldn't think that before I leave this hall that I need remind you of what you have to do tomorrow, to remind you of our Faith, which we, as Catholics, hold so dear! Tomorrow you go to mark your Cross; you know what the Cross means; the Cross is the Emblem of our Faith! What is the emblem of R. A. Squires' faith? What does he know of the Cross? Tomorrow is the 12th March! Tomorrow j will be our Twelfth; theirs is the 12th of July! Aijd The Telegram is jubilant over the result in Harbor Main, tho it was secured by such deplorable means. That result,, says The Telegram, was "a fainoufe victory.*' Even were the Harbor Main vote a victory for the oppo«tion, "infamous" •■■■ GOT BOMB THRU POST Authorities Unable to Get Clue to Person Who Mailed High Explosive to Doctor. I MEDICAL MAN IS BADLY HURT [ MADISON, Maine, March 15—The i [ Somerset County authorities had I been unable tonight to find any clue] to the person who mailed the pack-] age containing a bomb to Dr. Johnj L. Pepper, aged fifty-five, of this, town, who was seriously injured by( the resulting explosion when he opened the package today. Physicians at the hospital in Skowhegan, to which he was taken, said that he had a chance of re-J covery. Dr. Pepper's right hand; was blown off; his left hand and, i lower jaw were severely injured and j his eyes were filled with powder. Itj was found necessary to amputate his right arm just below the elbow. He did not lose consciousness and was able to talk to the physicians while being taken to the hospital. He could throw no light on the reason for sending the bomb, and i said he did not know who "had it in" for him. AVIATION PROBLEM Japan To Embark On Elaborate Naval Scheme Washington, Mar. 15—The em- ( barkation by Japan on an elaborate programme of naval aviation is to be expected, in the opin < ion of the officials, by recent ac- < tivity of the Japanese Govern- 1 ment in the purchase of airplanes in Europe and in an endeavor to enlist the expert advice of the British naval fliers. • mm • ,* MINISTER IS D . •] * v HI Health Secures Freedom Of 1 Rev. J. A. Irwin J Dublin, Mar. 15—Rev. J. A. Irwin, Presbyterian minister, who last month was sentenced to ene year in prison after conviction by a court martial, of having a revol ver and ammunition in his pos- J session, was liberated from Belfast jail to-day. General Sir Neville MacCready, military com- J i mander of Ireland, remitted the 18 remainder of Irwin's sentence on 11 recount of ill health, »'* LATEST NEWS Are Reinforced. COPENHAGEN, March 16—Fifty thousand men have been gathered at the fortress of Kronstadt and the rup/)er is increasing dailjy says a Helsingfors despatch. A wireless mes sage says Kronstadt is receiving nee essary provisions and has ammunition for three years. Victor Mtchernoff, the former minister of agricul ture with Kerensky, who is said to nave engineered the counter recolu 'ion is reported negotiating with the Bolshevik right wing with a view to making the Soviet government more Democratic. Agreement Signed. London, March 16—A trade agreement under which commercial {relations will be resumed between Great Britain and Soviet Russia was signed here this morning. The principle that Russia will cease all prop p.ganda outside that country and Great Britain observe neutrality regarding Russian internal affairs being given due recognition. Kidnapped? Chicago, March 16—Fears are ex pressed that Mrs. Clifford Victor Her bert, daughter-in-law of Victor Herbert, composer, who has been missing from her home since Saturday, has been kidnapped. , Got By Majority Havana, March 16-—Dry. Alfred Zayasa Alfonso, candidate of the Conservative Popular Coalition Party, made a practically clean sweep of the partial elections held yesterday in various provinces of Mexican Strike Mexico City, March 16—A strike [of workers on the Mexican railways which began the middle of February was settled to-day. . ■ ■ MOTHER OF FOUR MINISTERS . —i  London, Marcfc 16— Mrs. Anne j Joseph, who has just died at the j rge of 85 years was the mother of 11'ouv Congregational ministers, the Recs. W. Joseph, Elias Joseph, D.D., [Joseph.and T. F. Joseph. Weather Probs Toronto, (noon)—-Winds increas-' ing to strong breezes or moderate gales from north east and east winds! snow to-night probably turning to1 rain by Thursday. * COLLIDE IN DENSE FOG Transport Badly Damaged When Hit by Freighter. Invincible Off the U. S, Coast. COMMANDED BY CAPT. BARTLETT i fIEW YORK, March 15—In a dense fog off Little Egg Inlet, N.J., tonight , the United States shipping board steamship Invincible, bound • for Norfolk, collided with the army transport Madawaska, incoming : *rom Manila, damaging the trans, port severely and necessitating radio calls for immediate assistance. The Madawaska, carrying passeni gers, was struck amidships. The first ; message said she was taking water I rapidly. However a radio received at eleven p.m from her commanding officer said he had all the boats swung out and would await daylight when he would transfer his passeni gers to the Invincible which appar! ently was no seriously damaged. The Invincible reported she was landing by and playing her search hghts on the crippled transport, pre pared to render whatever assistance was necessary. At naSdnight a message received here stated that number one hold of the transport was filled with watet but that number two hold was still dry and the vessel was in no dangei of sinking. The Madawaska carries forty-sii passengers, including twelve soldiers who were taken on board a| San Francisco and the Panama Can* al zone. The Malawaska is commanded by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, who was in charge of Rear Admiral Robert Peary's ship Roosevelt on the expecStan 'vijhich discovered the North Pole. SOCIALIST PROPOSAL " French Socialists Want In- I ternational Bureau For i Settlement of Economic i Questions*. EXPECT THE U. S. TO FINANCE IT JpARIS, March 15—Spokesmen for Communists, Soci?lists, Republic an Socialists and' Radical Socialists in the Chamber of Deputies Jo-day attacked the decisions of the London conference. Vincient Aurio(, Socialist, stated that penalties would be ineffective, because, according to most reliable statistics, France's part of the duties which it would be possible to be lev ied, would after payment of expenses of occupation show a deficit of two hundred million france annually, instead jof \furnishing cafsh for reparation. Asked by several deputies what he would propose in place of <the London decisions M. Auriol declared that an International Economic Office should be instituted in which France, Great Britain, Germany and other interested nations should collaborate for the reconstruction of the dcvasted regions and revival of econ omic activity. The United States, said M. Auriol would finance such an organization. This declaration was received with general skepticism by members of the chamber. ■ i -  SIGN TREATY TODAY r Russo-Polish Agreement Will Be Concluded at Riga Riga, March 15—Ail official announcement was made to-day by the Russo-Polish Peace Conference that the Peace Treaty betwen the two countries will be signed on Friday evening at a pubic meeting of the conference. French Forces Arrive Luisbnrg, Mar. 16—The arrival mf Hew French occupational forces here may foreshadow the occupation of Mullheim or Rurr for miles of here toward Essen, 'tis CTHE CRESCENT THEATRE! THE COSIEST SPOT IN TOWN '■»lllllll»lll«llltllllllllllTt T | *"« ■»■■»«■■■»»»»«■■■»«■»■«»■»»' »"* * '*"* * * * mmmmimmlmm* Hobday Attraction man whose lies ruined her. A picture with a different story. Every inch a thrill / "Juanita Hansen'' In the cunent thrilling episode of 'THE LOST CITY.' -,* ,-; ; • i v FRIDAY: — The Big Cosmopolitan Production— "APRIL FOLLY" eaturins MARION DA VIES.