St. John's Daily Star, 1921-05-11

              The St. John's Daily Star yOL. VII. Price: One Cent Neujfomtdlsmtl WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1921 ($3.00 per Annum.) No. iojl ' ■■■ ! ■in _m EXPECT TO FIND SEVEN LOST TOWNS Pennsylvania Investigators To Begin Search for Lost Cities in Palestine—Bgthshan is Famous Spot For Battles MAY BE KEY TO WORLD HISTORY ANCIENT DAYS Philadelphia. .May 1,0,—Relics of seven or more cities which successively stood on the same site and of nine different civilizations are expected to be uncovered by the excavation of the biblical city Bethshan, in Palestine which is to be undertaken in June. The ivork will be done under the direction of Clarence S. Fisher, Curator of the Egyptian section if the Musuem if the University of Pennsylvania. Official permission :o undertake this work has been "eceived from the.,government of Palestine. 4 Bethshan is now \nown as Bei;an. It is situated in the valley of Jezreel, just west of the Jordan •md not far south of the Sea if aalilee. More great battles are believed to have taken place within sight" of this city than, perhaps, on any other spot known to history. The investigators hope to find there the keys to the whole history of that section of the world, written either on marble slabs containing the laws, decrees, treaties and oth er information,, or on bronze tablets or written in clay in cuneiform characters. Bethshan was a strategic point of value'to any of the great military leaders if ancient times who aspiped to try his hand at world domination. It was on the route of all the builders of ancient empires.Beginning 5,000 years ago it suffered the blows of the armies if Sargon, Abraham, Hammurabi, Sennacherib, Nbrchadnezzar, Tho thmes, Saul, David, Alexander, Pompey and Napoleon. Joshua led his troops against Bethshan but MINERS TO HOLD OUT lity of Situation is Ncfc Lessid and Government May Furr Curtail Travelling Facilitr and Use of Petrol CABINET TALKS OVER THE WHOLE SITUATION London, May 10.—Third fCabinet Council within thirty four, hqjffs was he: d to-day to discuss the Situation created by the coal crisis. The Executive Committee of transport workers Union held an hour's session at which it was resolved to maintain the "em-1 bargo against foreign coal. The Railwaymen's Union hastaken ho decisive action as yet, but meetings of /Hallway- j men,, especially in North England are I demanding a National stoppage of coal ■ traffic for Sunday. No new fevelopments to-night but the gravity of conditions has not been lessened. The Government hesitates to adopt new restrictive measures but is understood to be ready, if necessary, to further i curtail travelling facilities and place, restrictions on use of petrol. Flowers of the tea plani somewhat resemble those of ths strawuse, thorough seasoning and dry-j ing are essential. $ could not take it becausevits defenders used iron chariots—fore runners of the tanks of thle world war. v J The Crusaders made Bsthshan a point of attack in their -vain effirts to conquer Damascus When the Assyrians came dowi like a wolf on the fold, Bethsljian was one of the places they toop: and it r has been dominated in turm by the Greeks, Romans and Arafs. The investigators expec'i to find there the. strata of perhaps more than seven cities each built upon the ruins of the other  ive waves of invasion swept over and destroyed it. It is within Sight of the Mount of Transfiguration, the scene of battles between David and Saul and the 1 7itch of Endor who recalled the sfliade of the prophet Samuel to enlighten Saul, had her home nearjthis ancient city whose secrets jjlow are sought I OUTLINES BIG SCHEME FOR RUSSIA Electric Power—Projected work To Take Ten Tears to Com- EUROPEAN RUSSIA HAS 18 MILLION HORSEPOWER Viborg, Finland, May)- 10,—Com i minism plus electrification is now he slogan of the Russian Soviet j regime. Reports if this vast dream J )f Lenine by which, say sarcastic I refugees reaching Finland, he "hopes to make every Russian mt a communistic paradise with i dynamo in the corner V have cached.the outside world frequently during the past few aonths, but only recent Moscow tnd Petrograd newspapers show' he vast extent ofx the proposed lectrificatiii* of Russia. G S. Zinoyiffg, Soviet governor f Petrograd, in a speech at that ;ity, announced that the scheme! •emplated the construction all European Russia and Siberof huge electric power plants, vith a total capacity of 18,170,000 fhorsepower in the former, and 0,000 horse-power in Siberia, this work, he said, are to be employed, as fast as possible, the soldiers who are demobilised How seriously Lenine advocat es electrification is shown in one f his recent speeches, wherein he said:'' More must be done regard ng electrification. The whole future of Soviet Russia depends on he consummation of the plan All elements of the population must assist in this state enterprise. The building of electric stations all over the country will take ten years. Concessions must furnish the capital. Then communistic Russia will be an example to all the governments of Europe and Asia." At present Russia has comparatively few electric plants. To further the immedate development of the electrification plan ■ electrcal workers and electrical [ engineers have, for several I months, been exempted from the restrictions placed upon other workmen and have been given pre fered rations. The immensity of the Russian] electrification project is indicated by the fact that at the largest j power plant in the United States, i at Niagara Falls, the peak load, or total capacity develiped is about 405,000 horsepower. _. J\  EX-ARCHDUKE NOW ACTOR But Berlin Police Prevent Him From Appealing In The Uni, form Of His Former Royal And Naval Rank. Berlin, May 10—The former Archduke Leopold Bedinard of Austria, who is now appearing nightly as a performer in a Berlin cabaret, was prevented by the Berlin police from appearing in an admiral's uniform and is compelled to wear the clothing of a private soldier. Like many other members of once powerful royal families, who were unhorsed and bankrupted by the war, he was forced to work for a living, his total income from his Austrian properties now amounting to only 3000 kronen, or about $4 monthly. So, when he applied for a job as a cabaret performer, a sketch was written so that he could play the part of a prince who has fallen from high estate. The Berlin public, accustomed since the war to former royal per sonages is abject financial circumstances,' still was not habituated UNCLE SAM HONORS SOUTH AMERICA " President Harding Is shown voicing Uncle Sam's friendship for. South America at the unveiling .©f th« statue to Simon Bolivar. Venezuela's hero.. It was the president's first. vi«.t to New York since hii inauguration. * __________________________ PRINTERS TAKE CUT Many Cities See Union Men take Reduced Wage—Many men are Returning to Work and 'Quit Strikers SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE THOUGHT TO BE SOON (Montreal Star.) Chicaflo, May 4.—(Associated Press).—A wage reduction of $4.35 a week for each of the four major printing crafts in Chicago was announced to-day by an arbitration board, four members of which were chosen by the employers, four by the unions and a ninULjafiiected as an arbiter by the others. RETROACTIVE REDUCTION. New York, May 4.—A cut of 12 per cent in wages of cylinder and job press men, press assistants and paper handlers, employed by the book and job printers trades here, was announced to-day by a committee on arbitration, approved by both employers and employes. The cut was based upon the decline in living costs. It was pointed out by the committee that the reduction is not an actual wage cut, since the reduced wages, it is claimed, will buy the same amount of food and clothing now as the old wage bought a year ago. The cut becomes retroactive from April 1 last. Glen Falls, N. V., April 4.—A break in the ranks of the striking printers and pressmen in this city,, may lead to a quicker settlement of the strike which has completely tied up the newspapers here. The pressmen have announced their willingness to return to work under the conditions which prevailed at the time of the strike. The printers, however, are still firm in their refusal to return to work. The city has been without newspapers for three days. o  EXPORTS SHOW DEFICIT Britain's Commerce Suffers as Result of Industrial Unrest London, May 10.—The effects of industrial troubles in Britain are in the April trade returns, which show imports and cxi ports only a few million pounds in excess of half the amount for April 1920. The imports have decreased seventy seven millioh pounds sterling and exports forty six million pounds. —!— o  Right Rev. Bishop Renouf of St. George's arrived in the city by the last express on a brief visit. 1 V ——. to seeing an archduke on the stage The first night the audience listened to the archduke without applause Then, in the painful ,embarassed silence, a man arose by his table and clapped his hands. It was a former German grandduke, who is also working for his daily sustenance. From one table came a low hissing at this profanation of majesty. The former archduke appeans under the name of Leopold Wolflings, a pseudonym he has also used in a number of articles he ha_N written for newspaper? LIFE BUOY A Paris inventor has turned out a life preserver that has a rudder, propeller and a sail. A hand crank "runs the propeller. EX-OFFICERS ASDOMESTICS Forced To Perform Menial Jobs In . Greece Where They Find Occupations Suitable To Their Standing And Education Very Scarce. Athens, May 10.—Russian officers formerly of General Wrangel's army, who 'were brought to Greece when the Crimea was evac uated and who have found it impossible to secure other employment, htfve turned their hands to domestic and household pursuits. Recently one of them was seen on the streets of Athens wheeling a baby-carriageip'-ie was a handsome Cossack and his sturdy build, martial air and fine features made him a conspicuous figure. His charge, a rosy-cheeked baby belonging to a wealthy Athenian family, took evident delight in its stalwart, good-natured nurse, who showed the youngster as much care and affection as the most devoted mother. The servant problem does not exist in Athens. At least the Greek has no such difficulties in this respect as her sister in America, for she can always fill the places of maids, cooks and kitchen hands with former Russian soldiers and officers of whom there are thousands in Greece. These ex-military men are willing to take up the most humble calling if it will bring bread and 9JB wain jo spajpunn uoipqs now acting as waiters, butlers or cooks in Greek households and restaurants." . STEEL ORDERS UNFILLED U. S. Steel Has 5,845,006 Tons of Unfilled Orders on Hand New York, May 10.—The monthly tonnage report of United States Steel showed 5,845,000, tons of unfilled orders on hand at the end of April. A decrease from the end of March of six million 4 tons. This reduces 'bookings to the smallest total since March 1919. O  VETERANS IN BAD WAY Canadian Soldiers in United Kingdom in Deplorable Distress Ottawa, May 10—Deplorable distress among Canadian ex-sodiers in the United Kingdom was emphasized today before a special Parliamentary Committee on soldiers' re-establishment this morning by J. T. Donovan, President of the United Kingdom branch of the Great War Veterans. Donovan said that there were sixteen thousand to twenty thousand of these men in Britain who were compelled to beg for clothes. He urged a comprehensive scheme for repatriation. GERMANY ACCEPTS The Reichstag by a Vote of 227 To 175 Accepts Allied Reparation Demands—New Cabinet is Formed WILL FULFIL TERMS OF VERSAILLES TREATY Berlin, May 10.—The Reichstag, tonight accepted the Allied Ultimatum. The vote was 227 to 17 Chancellor Wirth, asked Che Reichstag to give imsemhld at nine o'clock and Mr. Wirth He asked the Reichstag to give immediate decision. The Reichstag as sembled at nine o'clock and Dr. Wirth announced the formation of a new Cabinet with himself as Chancellor and foreign Minister. Berlin, May 10—The Reichstag tonight by-a vote of 221 to 175 yielded to the final demands of the Allied Powers and in so doing agreed to fulfil the terms of the Treaty of Versailles to the capacity of the nation to do so. The total sum which Germany is cal. led on to pay is £6,750,000,000. Disarmament must be carried out and War Prisoners tried. ANSWER SILESIANS Oppeln, May 10—The Inter-Allied Commission has issued a proclamation to the people of Upper Silesia saying "The Allied powers are fully agreed in condemning disturbances in Upper Silesia. These events will not influence the Allies' decisions. In due time the Allies will give a decision in the Upper Silesian question based solely on the results of the vote and the treaty of peace." o  FORMS NEW CABINET Dr. Wirth, German Centrist Leader Succeeds in Arranging Cabinet London, May 10.—Dr. Wirth, German Centrist leader, says a Berlin despatch to-night has succeeded in forming a Cabinet from the centre party Democrats and majority Socialists in favor of accepting the terms of the "German Ultimatum. o  Yesterday's outgoing express left Arnold's "Cove at 8.15 last evening. — ~ _^~————————r—^—-——_—-———————>i———r————————«——«■—'^————^^^———————--^ CTHE CRESCENT THEATRE 1 ► THE COSIEST SPOT IN TOWN i j i i ■ i _ i i i miii , »!■_ mi j ft !<ll>( Extraordinary Attraction "The Luck of ! the Irish"! i An ALLAN DWAN Production ' Ihe Photo Drama of Many 1 trills j The best picrure for some time w iff ADDED All R ACT lONS. 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