St. John's Daily Star, 1917-09-15

              The St. John's Daily Star.  Neuifoundland VOLUME 111. ($3.00 per Annum), SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917. r(Price: One Cent) No. 211. TROOPS OF ITALY VICTORIOUS WIN MORE IMPORTANT POSITIONS FROM THE AUSTRIANS DISMAL FAILUREOFTHE RUSSIAN REVOLT Russian General, Adherent Of Korniloff, Suicides STIRRING TALES OF SUB/WAR BITTER FIGHTING WINS TERRITORY FOR ITALY After Desperate Struggle, Cadorna's Men Take Bulk of Mont St. Gabrielle INTENSE BRITISH BOMBARDMENTS IN FLANDERS FORERUNNER OF DRIVE THE crest of Monte San Gabrielle, commanding the plain of Gorizia lo ihe south and the southeast ar.ri the Frigide Valley to the east, has been captured by the Italians., The Italian's* effort to capture San Gabrielle began after the taking of eral Cadorna's troops oh August sth. Several times the Italians had reached TRIED TO SUICIDE. General Krymoff, KornilofF Adherent, Shoots Himself. Petrograd, Sept. 14.—After being received by Premier Kerensky and informed of the fate that awaited him commander of Korruloff's troops which were sent against Petrograd, returned to his lodgings and shot himself. His wounds were jiot fatal. Repulsed Huns. Paris, Sept. 14.—A general attack aaairttt the French position on the "Tassmates Plateau in the Aisne. region last night was repulsed after hand-to-hand fighting, the War Office announced today. | HUN ATTACK AT VERDUN. Fierce Fighting For French Positions n Courieres Wood. Paris, Sept. 14.—The French advance line on a front of 500 metres north of Courieres Wood, northeast of Verdun, was entered by Germans in an attack. $. The official statement from the War Office this evening says that fighting for the possession of trenches is still going on. Nothing To Report. London, Sept. 14.—Field Marshal Haig's report from the British Headquarters in France, issued today by the war office says: There is nothing of special interest to report. HAD TO DODGE HOSTILE MOB Count Luxburg, Hun Minister to Argentine, Forced to Enter Capital of Republic By a Raundabout Route HAS BEEiTgIVEN HIS PASSPQRTS gUENOS AIRES, Sept. 13^—Count yon Luxburg, the German Minister whose passports were sent to the German Legation yesterday by the Argentine Government because his objectionable message to Berlin through the Swedish Foreign Office had rendered him persona non gratta, dodged the threatening crowds which were awaiting him on his arrival at Buenos Aires from the interior today. Count yon Luxburg was persuaded by the police to leave the train at San Martin, 12 miles outside, on account of news of the crowds that had gathered at the Buenos Aires railway terminal. The Chief of Police was on hand with his automobile at San Martin, together with a large guard of secret service men and the Count was conveyed to his home in the Chief's care. "And these are my friends, the Argentines," he exclaimed to employees of the Legation, who met him. "What has happened?" he asked. "I know absolutely nothing of what has transpired."The Count, however, although shown Washington messages of last Saturday, exposing his suggestion that Argentine ships be sunk without leaving a trace and his aspersions upon the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine, ignored any invitation to deny their authenticity. The Foreign Office had no information today as to when Count yon Luxburg would leave the Argentine or what route he would take on his journey.The Swedish Colony here, after a long discussion of the Washington expose of the Luxburg affair, which involves the Swedish Legation, has given out the following: "We are protesting against the person or persons whose unusual procedure has created the uncomfortable and difficult situation in which the Swedish Colony today finds itself, and we express most complete disapproval of these measures on the part of Sweden, which violate the most sacred rules of neutrality." GAMBLE ON IDEA KITCHENER LIVES Policies Issued in London Insuring Against Field Marshal Being Dead, And The Reverse. fIEW YORK, Sept. 14.—A cablegram to The New York Sun from London says: Insurance against practically anything can be obtained, and a policy was issued recently insuring that Lord Kitchener would remain dead, at a premium of five shillings per hundred pounds. Hundreds of persons are flocking to take similar policies. One firm announces that the widespread belief that Kitchener is alive is causing a flood of; applications, many of which offer a much higher nremium, and more than $1,090,000 of such insurance have been asked from a single firm, the applicants including army, navy, professional and business men. Lively Artillery Duels. Berlin, Sept. 14.—A supplementary communication issued by the War Office this evening says there have only been lively artillery duels on some of die sectors of the northeastern Verdun front, GIVE HUN TROOPS IN LENS NO REST British Subject Enemy Position to Continual Bombardments and Waves •f Deadly Gas. fANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, via London, Sept. 15.— (By Stewart Lyon)—The Germans in Lens are given no rest. Early last night they were subjected to a heavy bombardment from large-calibre guns and after they had been driven into their cellars and shelter galleries by shell fire, gas was projected upon the enemy positions shortly before midnight and again after 3 o'clock this a. m. Serious losses are believed to have followed. A prisoner who wandered into our lines in a dazed condition after our second attack says the gas was almost immediately effective. He, himself only took two inhalations before he got his mask on, but was seriously affected. The attack surprised many of the enemy in the dugouts, where our gas is most effective. 43 MEN WERE LOST WITH 'MINNEHAHA' Sub. Gets Big Transport Liner En Route To America, After Landing Munitions Cargo fIEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Confirmation of~ the destruction by a German submarine of the big Atlantic transport liner Minnehaha, with loss of life, wasf received by the Line today from its office in England. The cable message said 43 of the crew perished and 110 were saved. The Chief Officer, Albany Wills, the purser, Dr. Barrett, surgeon, and three other officers and three engineers were amongst those lost. Capt. Frank Claret the Minnehaha's commander, and first officer Pierce, were saved. The cable did not contain the date or circumstance of the sinking. Unofficial reports of her loss which became known on Wednesday, said the Minnehaha was sunk a week ago today, a short distance off the coast of Ireland. She was struck, it was said, near the engine room on the starboard side. The explosion killed a number of the crew outright. The others were reported to have been drowned getting away in boats. The Minnehaha was returning here after having delivered a huge cargo of munitions in England. PROSECUTE HUN AGENTS Pro-German Paper Staff To Appear Before U. S. Grand Jury Philadelphia, Sept. 14.—Five or six officers of The Philadelphia Tageblatt arrested in the Government raid last Monday on the paper plant were held under $10,000 bail each by U. S. Commisioner Long.today to await action of the grand jury on charges of violating the Espionage Act. Waldamax Atfredo of the editorial staff was discharged. All witnesses have been ordered to appear before the grand jury. The evidence brought today among other charges tended to show that the paper misquoted and distorted news for, it is alleged, the purpose of showing favoritism to the German cause. TOM «l w_ .yaa mm -—_ i_* RAID HUN POSITIONS . vr . Enemy Military Establishments In Belgium Are Bombed. London, Sept. 14.—British naval airplanes made another raid on German military establishments in Belgium. The official Admiralty statement says: A bombing raid was carried out during the night of Sept. 12-13 by the Royal Naval Air Service on military objectives at the Ghistejles airdrome and the Thourout airdrome. A large quantity of bombs was dropped. Ail our machines returned safely. DESERTING KORNILOFF Many Companies of Revolutionary Troops Join Government Supporters When They Learn Truth About Uprising SITUATION~NOW MUCH IMPROVED pETROGRAD, Sept. 14.—M. Soskico, Private Secretary to Premier Kerensky, told the Associated Press today that the situation shows steady improvement. Continuing, he said General Korniloff has not surrendered, but he is quite prepared to do so and is in a position of complete powerlessness.We have just received an offer of surrender from 12 companies of the Korniloff troops, who say they have been deceived and General Kaledine, who, with his Don Cossacks, began a menacing movement against the Government has been checked. We expect that he soon will be taken. Cossacks Desert Korniloff. Petrograd, Sept. 14.-^—Further evidence of defection in the ranks of the Cossacks from General Korniloff is given by the arrest, near Luga, of General Krymoff. The Council of Soldiers and Workmens Delegates sent a deputation to the troops to explain the situation, whereupon the Cossacks decided that they were ready to arrest their Commander, provided an order was received from Premier Kerensky. The Council telegraphed to the Premier, who ordered Krymoff's arrest. General Krymoff submitted without resistance and was brought to Petrograd. The Cossacks of his command have joined the Government forces in the Luga Garrison. The railway service between Luga and Petrograd has been resumed. _ RUSSIAN COUNCIL OF WAR ASSEMBLES Will Draft Plans to Re-organize The Army—Meawres To Placate The Cossacks DETROGRAD, Sept. 14.—A special war committee, presided over by Premier Kerensky, and including Generals Alexieff, Ruzsky and DragominofF, and the Ministers of War and Marine, will assemble immediately to discuss the military situation as affected by the German operations at Riga, and the Korniloff adventure. The committee will draft plans for re-organizing the army. The Russkaia Volia says, with a view to calming the agitation among the Cossacks, which General Kalendes has been exploiting, a special ministry for Cossack officers will be created. It has been settled virtually, The Bourse Gazette says, that one of the first acts of the reconstituted Government will be to dissolve the fourth Duma. TRAIL REVOLUTIONARIES. Russ. Officials and Organisations After Korniloff Adherents. Petrograd, Sept. 14.—Civil- and military organizations are acting vigorously to negative the influences of General Korniloffs venture says a statement given out by the official News Agency Committee. For revolutionary security they have arrested Deputy Dorima Schaenghino and suppressed his newspaper, one of the most important journals published in South Russia. Simultaneously houses of persons in private life and of officials who were participants of the old regime have teen searched. SUB. CLASHES WITH SUB. AND HUN CRAFT IS SUNK British Officials Make Public Some Stories Of Incidents In U-Boat Warfare EIGHT BATTLE PICTURES PAINTED INVOLVING ALL TYPES OF FIGHTERS £ONDON, Sept. 14.—Stories of some recent successes of the British navy against German submarines were given to the public today in a series of brief descriptions of eight encounters in which eight and possibly nine U-boats were accounted for. These eight sea battle pictures were selected so as to cover practically the whole ground of the anti-submarine activities. In one case there was a battle between an auxiliary cruiser and a sub-' marine; in another, an engagement between a seaplane and a submarine; then a battle between two submarines, in which the British submarine's captain proved himself a better man; finally, two tales of successes of armed merchantmen against enemy- First: From one of our auxiliary naval forces. A torpedo Was seen ap*proaching on the starboard beam. It jumped out of the water when one hundred yards off, and struck the engine-room near the water line, making a large rent and flooding several compartments. The starboard lifeboat was blown into the air in pieces, landing on the wireless aerial. Soon after a periscope was observed just before our port beam. It turned towards our ship but quickly disappeared, as the enemy further submerged. Again it appeared but was followed this time by the conning tower and our guns removed the two periscopes. Many other hits were obtained and the submarine quickly assumed a list to port. Several men came out of her hatch and the lAboat wallowed along for a space with stern almost submerged and oil coming from her side. The crew came on deck and waved their hands. At this sign of surrender cease fire was ordered whereupon the enemy started off at a fair speed hoping to disappear in the mist. Fire again was opened and a loud explosion took place forward. Falling on his side the enemy sank, the last thing seen being his sharp bow endup, slowly disappearing beneath the water. Two survivors were picked up. Our ship made for harbor. In the second one of our small craft sighted an enemy submarine a distance of 10,000 yards off. She maintained her course and five minutes later the enemy stopped and then proceeded towards her. Suddenly she submerged, and shortly after her periscope appeared close on the starboard Bow for a few seconds and then wbappeared.The helm was ported, and when over the place where the ' periscope was seen an explosive charge was dropped. The ship circled around and dropped another charge. The explosion of this charge was followed after two or three sreonds by another much more violent explosion, which shook the ship from stem to stern. The water became black over a iarge area arid a considerable quantity of thick oil and i flotsam came to the surface. In the third, one of our submarines sighted an enemy submarine on the starboard bow and so dived, but after seeing him through the periscope for a few minutes, lost sight of him. Our boat came to the top again, and three hours later saw the enemy on the starboard side from two to three miles away. Our boat dived to attack, but the enemy altered her course and again was lost to view. His apparent objective being conjectured, our course was altered in the hope of cutting him off; and eventually again he was detected on the port bow, steering as surmised. Our course was altered as -■ was necessary, and when a favorable position was secured a. torpedo was fired. A splash was seen close to his stern, arid a few seconds later the enemy was seen with his stern end out of the water with smoke hanging around it and the conning tower half submerged. A minute or two later she disappeared. In the fourth, a seaplane proceeded to attack an enemy submarine which she observed manoeuvring to a position to fire a torpedo at a passing merchant ship. Before the seaplane arrived over the submarine the latter submerged, but three bombs were dropped on the position where he disappeared. Five minutes later a large upheaval was noticed where the bombs were dropped. This could be best compared to a huge bubble rising some distance above the level of the sea, and distinctly visible for a minute or more. There was no further sign of the submarine. In the fifth, a patrol noticed a wake with a considerable amount of foam travelling parallel with her course ashort distance away.- She crossed th wake and dropped an explosive chai over it. Almost at once a seco charge was dropped. After it had c. ploded, another explosion took place and oil and bubbles came to the sur-. face; and on.this spot a further charge was exploded. Two more patroi boats arrived on the scene and discharged explosives near. The oil which was still rising, after an interval of two hours, was of heavy brown color and had a smell like petrol. The sixth: One of our naval forces hearing gunfire steered for the position and soon sighted an enerm submarine on her bow. Fire was opened, and a hit was obtained. A large explosion resuljted. There was no sign of the enemy though the whole hull and conning tower were distinctly visible before. Seventh: Two submarines attacked a defensively armed merchant ship. The first submarine fired a torpedo at close range which missed; and our ship sank her by gunfire. The eighth: A defensively armed merchantman encountered a submarine which endeavored to attack at close range. The ship opened fire hitting the submarine twice, causing it to disappear vertically. The sea appeared to boil for a considerable time after. RUSSIAN MINISTERS GO OUT OF OFFICE Some Cabinet Resignations and Some Appointments to Rnss. Ministerial Offices. £ONDON, Sept. 14.—The Petrograd correspondent of Reuters states that Vice-Premier NekenasofF has informed the press that he and Tereschtenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs, have decided to leave their posts in the Cabinet, considering that their participation in the Government narrowed their political horizon and, being only business ministers without party support, they did not posses? sufficient strength in the Cabinet. The Premier also announced the withdrawal from the Cabinet of M. Pieschenhonoff, Minister of Food and Supplies. Other changes in the Cabinet include the retirement of M. Q. SchernofT, Minister of the Interior, who, in turn, will be succeeded by M. Kishikin, Constitutional Democrat. M. Kishikin enters the Cabinet unconditionally.Kofiepiefe, Minister of Communications, resigned because he did not consider it possible to execute Premier Kerensky's order to take certain measures against General Korniloff. 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