The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-10-06
PROPERTY LOSS IN HAILEYBURY
TOTALS $4,000, 0O,OOO-CANADA'S
WORST FIRE

Cobalt, Ontario-(A. PA heavy
rain today virtually quenched the for
est fires about the city which took a
toll of possibly 60 lives and wiped out
the town of Haileybury and several
smaller settlements. Thlrty-three
bodies were discovered in the charred
Vwreckage that week ago was Haley
bury. Many more persons are miss
ing. Train loads of tents, food, bed
ding and other supplies are arriving
to aid the five thousand who wander
ed into Cobalt.
Heavy Loss of Live and Property
Quebec-(A. P.)-Thirty three per-
sons are known to be dead and pos
.sibly SO lost their lives in the brush
and forest fires which are burning
Ontario and in the ST. Maurice valley
in Quebec.
Earlier reports which said that
from SO to 100 persons lost their lives
in panic to board relief ship at
the Haileybury dock, were erroneous.
In addition to the known dead many
persons who lost their homes in the
burning of six north country villages,
including the town of Haileybury, are
reported missing.
Although the fires that razed these
mining settlements are reported
checked, fires are spreading south
and southeast toward this city and
the villages lying north of Montreal
in what is described Canada's worst
conflagration.
With reports of heavy forest fires
in Michigan, to the east of Quebec
and over the border in Maine, farm
ers working in potato field on the
outskirts of Haileybury late Tues
day started a rubbish fire to burn
dried potato tops. Tonight, as
result, only 20 homes stand in the
lake town of Haileybury.
StiIlman Divorce Report Confirmed
White Plains, N. VA. P.)-Su-
preme Court Justice Morschauer to-
day confirmed the referees report in
the Stillman divorce case and allow
ed Mrs. Anne U. Stillman, who de-
tended the suit against her banker
husband, costs in the case.
Stock Dividend by Standard Oil
New York-(A P)-The directors
of the Standard Oil company of New
York declared a stock dividend of 200
per cent, increasing the capital from
$75,OO0000 to $225,0OO,000 and reduc-
ing the par value of the stock from
one hundred to twenty dollars.
Mudania Conference Deadlock
"A. XII L
conference is not ended, it was Of
ficially stated at the conclusion of
the British cabinet meeting this morn
ing, but is deadlOcked and cannot be
resumed before the British and French
governments have conferred over the
situation. Lord Curzon, British for
eign secretary, will leave immedi-
sately for Paris to confer with Prem
ier POincaire.
Take Up Conference Again
Constantinople-(A P)-After con-
ferring most of the night with the
high commissioners and military ex-
perts here, the allied generals, this
morning prepared to leave again for
msitice conference.
Object to Greek Reinforcements
Paris-(A. P.)-The French govern
ment has instructed the minister at
Athens to protest against the Greek
governments having sent reinforce
ments to the Greek army in Thrace.
The impropriety of sending troops in
to one Of the disputed regions at the
moment an armistice is in process OF
negotiation, will be pointed out, as
will the view that the Greek govern
ment, by this action, is adding to the
embarrassment of her situation and to
that of the allies.
Bar Booze Inside Three-Mile Limit
Washington=(A. P.)-The trans
portation or sale of alcoholic liquors
on American ships anywhere, whether
or privately owned, and
on foreign vessels within three miles
of the American coast, was held 1lle-
gal under the prohibition laws of the
United States in an opinion rendered
tod NV n9nOharfV
Turks Reject Protocol
Constantinople-(A. PD-The KEN
alists in an ultimatum to the Allies
today demanded the occupation of
Thrace by 2:3O p. m. today but later
extended the time limit to $50 p. M |
Ismet Pasha, Turkish nationalist rep
resentative in Mudania, this afternoon |
definitely rejected the Allied protocol |
for the occupation of Thrace by /
thousand Allied troops. He also de- /
clined the establishment of Allied con-
troll commissions in Thrace. The /
Turkish demand is for an immediate |
occupation of Thrace without foreign
control. General Harrington, Admiral |
Mombeddi, General Sharpie, Allied I
military representatives, with Hamid /
Bey, Turkish delegate and Franklin I
Bouillon, special French envoy, left
for Mudania at p. M. today General
Harrington is expecting the British
reply to the Kemalist
note by wireless at Mudania.
Smash Air Endurance Record
San Diego-(A P0-All aviation
endurance records were smashed by
Lieutenants Macready and Kelly of
he United States army, who short
ly before II a. m. today dropped
note on Rockwell field stating that
airplane T-2, in which they are flying,
is performing perfectly and that they
would remain in the air until the gaso-
line and oil supply was exhausted. At
that time the men had been in the