soldiers and
marines
assisted
the firemen
in their heroic fight.
TELEGR
1MS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
New York, .June
3rd.
-The
death
has
taken place
here
of
Doctor Simon
Bar-
uch,
the eminent
physician.
London, May
3lst.—Another
step
to-
e wards
the industrial
peace
of Great
Bri-
tain
was
taken
today
when
the
railway-
men dropped
their embargo
against
the
transportation
of imported,
cr what
was
known
as
tainted
coal,
in
an
effort
to
support
the miners
now on
strike.
The
embargo
was
a
failure.
Leipzig,
May
3lst.—The
trial of
the
former
Lieutenant
Karl
Neuman,
who
was
charged
with
the
sinking
of
the
hospital ship
‘'Dover
Castle’’
while
in
command
ofa German
submarine,
dur-
ing
the
war,
has
b2z2n
stayed.
It is
declared
that
a preliminary
examination
of the
case
resulted
in
his complete
in-
nocence
being established.
Oppein,
Jun=>
2
d. —The
Franch
sol-
diers forming
the
the
garrison
of Beu-
then,
@ eity in Shuthern
3Silesia,
near the
old Polish frontier,
nave
been
attacked
by fore2s
organized
by
the
German
in-
habitanis
o:
the
town,
the
situation
be-:
ing complicated
by
:he
presence
of Po-
lish
insurgent
forces
around
the
city.
The Phles
began
tte fight
with the Ger
mans
in
the
outskirts
of
the
town
op
Sunday,
and
when
the
French
were
at-
tackad
the
Poles
rusned
to
th:ir assist-
ance.
The
reports
from
Beuthen
are
not entirely clear,
but
it
would
appear
tnat
the
Brench
Commander
refused
rhe
prooffered
aid
and
is
holding
the
Poles
from entering
-the town,
The
at-
tack by the
Germans
on
the
French
is
said
to
have
been
well
planned.
The
telegraph
and telaphone
wires
were
cut,
the sentries
driven
back
and
headquar-
ters detachments
vere
surrounded.
Pekin,
June
2nd.
-The
anti
Bolsnevik
volt
in - Eastarn
Siberia,
which
began
with
the
capture
of
Vladivostok
and
nearby
towns
by
troops
formerly
com
manded
by
the
late
General
Kappell,
has spread
to
Blagovyes-Chensk,
by the
capital
of the
Amur
Province,
and
she
Incal authorities
of
that
place
are
said
to be
defying the Govt. of the
far
Eas-
tern Kepublic,
which
has
its
capital
at
Chita.
Soviet
Officers
at
Irkutsk,
on
Lake Baikal,
are
sending
out
an
appeal
for
a
Cemmunaist
army
to
defend
the
country
against
a
counter
revolution.
The
new
Soecialist
Jovt.
established
as
Vliadivostok
continues
to
function
and
the city
is
reported
to
be
quiet.
New York, May 31st.—Anpnouncements
that the President
had signed
the emergen
ey tariff bill, which includes
the
dutv
on
raw sugar approximately
by
sixiy cents
per hundred
pounds,
were
not
received
here
on
Friday
until
the
market
had
closed,
not
to reopen
until
this
morning
consequently
the influence
it
may
have
> 1. LU
IX A NYis
1s
purely
a
matter
of
conjecture.
In conformity
with
a
prior
notice,
the
refiners
did
not
open
their
sales
rooms
and
the brokers
in raw sugars
took ad-
vantage
of the opportunity
to make
Sat-
urdaya
full holiday
The
last
sale
of
raw sugars
reported
late on
Friday
was
Porto
Rieo’s
at
506 C.
I.
F.,
and
the
recent
trend of opinion in
the trade
has
been
that
the refiners
will
not
consent
to pav
more
than
this,
except
only
in
the event
that
there
should
come
such
a rush
of
orders
tor
refined
that
they
would be
forced
to come
into
the
mar-
ket,
and
in case
of course
the views
of
the
sellers
would
have
very
much
greater weight than
1o the
recent
past.
Tokio,
June
2nd.-—A
communication
issued
by
the
Japanese
war Govt.
at
Vladivosok asserted
that it is the intention
of Japan
to
adhere
te
her policy
ofnon-
interference
in Russian
internal politics.
A late
press
advice
says
that
the
Chi-
nese
Govt.
is
has.ly preparing
to
esta-
blish
a front against
the
Kappel
forces
at
Imane, .where
the
Bolshevik
re-en-
forecements
are concentrating.
London,
June
2nd.—An
Oppela
mes-
sage
forwarded
by
the
Berlin
corres
pondent
of
the Central New Ageancy
says
~
that
the
inter-Allied
high
Commission
has
decided
that
ierman
defence
corps
.
1s not
to be ",consided
an
insugent body
'
Describing
briefly
the
fighting in
the
-
streets
iof Beutnen,
between
the
Ger-
'
mans
and Poles,
which
was
finally
sup-
pressed
by the
French,
an
Oppeln
des-
.
patch
to the
““Times’” says
t:at
it
was
.
some
ti:ne
since
the.
German’s
had
at-
.
tempte]
resistance
within
the
area
oc-
.
cupied by the Poies.
:
London,
June
2nd.—The
@&olcnial
list
of tne King’s Birthday honours
contain-
.~
ed nearly a
score
of Knights
including
.
Mr. Squirer,
Premiers
of Newfoundland
.
They fare
mainly
public
men
and
offi-
'
cials
in Australia
and New Zealand
|
London, June 3rd.—Among
the
birth-
|
day honours
list
appear
the
following:
|
Knight
Bachelor,
Mr.
J.
B.
jHarrison
|
(Government
Analyst),
British Guiana.
|
Imperial Service Order,
Mr. A. EC.
Russ
'
(Postmaster
General}, Trinidad.
.
London,
June
4th.——ln
the
cricket
.
matech
Cambridge,
versus
Australia
the
latter
won
by
an
innings and fourteen
.
runs.
Mailey
took
seven
wickets
for
.
thirty seven
runs
in OCambridge’s
second
.
innings.
;
g
London,
June
Ist.--The
race
for tne
.
Derby Stakes
run at Epsom
today result-
.
ed as.follows;-
Humorist
first,
Craigan-
.
eran second,
Lemenora
third.
;
Nottingham,
May 28th.-—Lhe
firsi iest
-~
mateh
between
the Australians
and All
|
England resulted
in
the former winning
.
by
ten wickets.
|
London,
June
3rd.
-In
the
ecricket
!
match
Australia
versus
Cambrige
the
.
latter
3cored
205
in
their
first innings
'
and
Australia
362.
P:llew
146.
Cam-
-
bridge second
innings
111 for 7
wickets.
;
London,
June
Ist.
-Indications
point
to a general rejection
of
the Govt’s.
new
proposals
in
connection
with
the
coal
settlement.
Some of the miners
in South
Wales,
Scotiand,
Derbyshire,
Yorkshire
and
other large coal
fields have
already
declined
to accept
the proposals.
Washington,
June Ist.—The
situation
of
the British
forces in Mesopotamia
is
reported
today
in
official circles
to
be
increasingly
unstable.
According
to the
latest
reports,
it
was
represented
that
the
British are faced
withethe
necessity
ot either
withdrawing from the
country
or adding
to
their forces already
there.
New
York, June
Ist.—The
raw sugar
market
is unsettled
and prices
are irregu-
lar and difficuit to quote.
Melborne,
June
Ist.—The
Federal
Govt.
has authorized
the
Premier,
Mr.
Hughes,
who
will attend
the
Imperial
Conference
in London.
to sign
the proto-
col
for
the
establishment
of
an
Inter-
national Court of Justice.
Oppeln,
Silesia June Ist.—Heavy
fight-
ing occurred
this
afternoon
in the Poss-
nowitz
Woods,
near
Gross
Strehlitz,
where
the
Poles
were
compelled
to fall
back
before
the
onslaught
of
the
Ger-
mans.
A grave
situation
is reported
at
Beuthen,
where
the
Germans
attacked
the
French
garrison,
sharp
fighting fol-
lowing
in
which the Germans
were
re-
pulsed
and
a number
of them killed.
The
Poles,
who were also. fighting
the
Ge:-
mans,
made
an effort to help the French,
who refused
this aid.
Epsom
Downs,
June
2nd.--The
Race
for the oak stakes,
run
here today,
was
won
by
Mr.
Watson’s
“‘Lrve in
idle.
‘ness”’
Mrs.
Nugent’s
‘‘Sleipner’’ beir.g
second
and Viscount:Astor’s
*‘Long Suit”’
third. £
&a& . .
NEW YORK, June
4th.
Flour, Blencded Clears St. Lawrence
|-rand
pr.
brl.
SB.BO.
Meal, Kilndried per
100 tbs $1.95
New
Season’s
Pork
per br!, $37.00
Heavy Mess Pork
per bbl. $24.00
Sugar---Crystals
maximum
per
100
Ibs.
$4.77
Molasses
Sugar
89°
test,
no quotation.
Cotton,
Middiing Upiand,
at
[Liverpool
per
th.
7
47-1004.
Exchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
days’ sight $3.82
Exchange
New York
and
London,
sight
¥3.85
LONDON.
June
4th
1921.
Sugar,
Demerara
Crystals,
per ewt.
495.
—bHb
6s.
'
Muscavado
per cwt.
395. -475.
GGerman
Beet 887 f.o.b.
no
sales
White
Java
sugar
cif United
Kingdom
28d.
May shipment.
Denieraraz
Rum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad
Cocoa,
Good Middling
Red
no-
minal
per
ewt
565.
60s.
nominal.
Cotte
good
hiedium
West
Indian
Sea
Island
per ib.
28d.
nominal.
Bank
of
Dngiand
rate
of Discount
per
cent.
63.
Consols
46%.
Three
per
ceni rents
in Paris
Fes.
58.90.