St. John's Daily Star, 1915-09-10

              st johns daily star vttw found land volume 1 friday september 10 1915 no 122 no change anticipated in strategy military writers figure that the transference of the grand duke to the caucasus simply means the in itiative of a strong offensive on that front i ■ _______ british papers praise conduct of czar nicholas believe his assumption of the post of commander-in-chief will steel the hearts of his sorely-tried troops and encourage them to greater efforts n\,)on sept 10—great concern is expressed by the morning papers changes in ihe russian higher conunanp it is considered natural however that at-a lime of such na t.m ai gravity the czar should assume supreme command as he is spiritual heatl of the empire in a way not easily understood in western europe as the times editorial says if the lrtvx'ior takes the field in person it is to overcome at the same time the foes of russia at home and the embattled ■ ■ who arc striking at his sovcr '. i'-iity reveals gravity of the times 1 he czar's action reveals the grav ihc hour says the times he > russia more fully than any other european country is personified in its sovereign he is head of the army and of the church the pos of supreme political power the living emblem of the national resolve decision is worthy of a great sjwcre'igs he has trusted military ath'isers at his side and upon them wiii j devolve the practical execution of his i commands but his instinct as a ruler may well prove sounder than any cau tious calculations which might have withheld him from facing the political and military perils of the battlefield will encourage russians such a monarch may well instil new confidence into his sorely tried troops an&steel their hearts afresh for a vic torious conflict with a redoubtable cn errf 7 he times military expert also ap olauds the grand duke's strategy in having reunited his northern central armies successfully and passed the moment of greatest danger ihe correspondent says he cannot bje cvc the removal of the grand duke implies any change in the conduct of the campaign he says that short of im»»e s*!fio»'s which the grand duke has hitherto shown no signs of making the russians can now carry on im orderly and quiet retreat fighting wficre they please and for as long as it pleases them until the wet season imposes a halt on their enemy burin schooner burns and three lives are lost explosion occurs on the hiawatha gasoline-laden at halifax and capi clark and seamen hooper and saunders are dead—two others arc in hospital badly burned jjalifax n s sept 10.—the schr hiawatha of burin nfld was burned to the water's edge here this morning after an explosion she was laden with oil and gasoline for new foundland and was to have sailed to day captain clarke and two seamen hooper and saunders arc dead two others farrell and curley arc in hos pital badly burned mate hussey es caped unhurt all the men belong to newfoundland 1 isk iwk "$&, excessive heat causes 3 deaths in philadelphia philadelphia sept 10.—excessive heat and humidity caused three deaths and a large number of prostrations here yesterday bulgarians are fortifying the port of dedeagatch paris sept 9.—according to a de spatch from dedeaghatch the bulgar ians are actively fortifying that port and its environs second russian success in galicia is reported tzar's forces victorious in a cattle at trembowla on sept 7-8 taking iso officers and 7,000 men prison ers and driving the germans in r trcai to the sercfch rjver detrograd sept 10.—an official communication made public here announces another big success for the russians in eastern gfilicia following their reported vic.oiy at tarnapol it is ftaicd that at southwest trem bowla during the 7th end bih the russians look prisoners 150 officers and 7.000 rrx-i end thni the teuton retreated hastily towards the river stripa the communication add that the russians captured since september 3rd au the scre'.h front a total of 383 officers over } 7,000 men and a great quantity of guns dutch guards open fire on one of german airships amsterdam sept 10 the mass bode says it has been informed by ifc roosendaal correspondent th<.:t a zep pelin coming from belgimi and 3yib9 a a great height was shot at b djkh frojiucr guards last light when upon it immediately in a dir ect o.n the pclrograd correspondent of the time thinks the appointment of gen eral polianoif as minister of war and premier will be announced soon anc oin!s out that the imperial order coincides with the beginning of a sol emn fast ordained by the holy synod which adds solemnity to an historical event other papers ruggest that the ap pointment of the grand duke as com mander-in-chief in the caucasus im plies a new and vigorous offensive against turkey supplied u-boats in bay of biscay story related by a spanish news paper seems to point to this conclusion bordeaux sept 10.—in explana tion of the activity of german submar ines in the bay of biscay the assertion is made by the petit cironds that a steamer registered at bilbao spain left that port recently with three hund red barrels of benzine whose cargo was unloaded at an unknown destination but soon after the steamer left port empty barrels were seen floating on the sea britain has to do better lloyd george not satisfied with the work of munition factories says only fifteen per cent of mach inery is being used on night shifts l ondon sept 9.—lloyd george to!d the delegates to the trade union congress whom he was address ing that notwithstanding all the ef forts that had been made to speed up the work of turning out war munitions only fifteen per cent of the available nachinery was being worked on night shifts • the country is not doing its best he declared the minister said the government had under consideration eleven new arsenals to man which additional to existing arsenals two hundred thous and more men were required the government he added cannot equip the army at this time unless the unions suspend during the war all re strictions barring unskilled labor and all restrictions tending to prevent a maximum output therefore there must be no stoppage lloyd george said the surplus pro fits of the firms engaged at munitions work would go to the treasury to fin ance the war labor he said had kept its com pact in many instances honorably but in far too many cases it had failed if resolutions continue to be passed saying certain labor shall not be em ployed it will make straight for dis aster upon the future attitude of labor depends the issue of the war ■$& berlin reports raid on london claims certain works and factories were destroyed berlin sept 9.—the chief of the admiralty staff has issued the follow ing report our naval airships attacked during september bth and 9th with good re sults the western part of the city of london the great factories near nor wich and the harbor works and iron works of middlesboro there were heavy explosions and numerous fires were observed our airmen were heavily fired at but all returned safely , predicts a big allied success at dardanelles under secretary for foreign affairs says that most important events arc in sight london sept 10.—lord robert cecil under-sccretary for foreign affairs in a speech at croydon last night expressed the firm belief that the dardanelles exped.tion was near a great success which will have an en ormous effect on all parts of the world make new attack at dardanelles allies concentrate large forces on gallipoli for big move sofia sept 9.—according to infor mation received from reliable sources the allies are now concentrating large forces including heavy landing artil lery for a new general attack on the dardanelles the presence of mine-sweepers at scddul buhr near the entrance to the straits is regarded as foreshadowing increased activity including a vigorous bombardment of the outer dardan elles forts british shipping losses london sept 9 official the ships lost for the week ending sept ember bth number ten of gross ton nage 37.826 fishing vessels four ton nage 194 1 french reports work of airmen . tells of two hostile aercp'uncc being brought down by allies artillery i ondon sept 9.—field marshal sir john french comander-in-ch:ef of the british army in the field has sent the fololwing report of recent opera tions there has been no change in the situation since my last communication there has been mining activity on both sides without any important result our artillery and that of the en emy has been active on the east of ypres elsewhere on our front condi tions are normal a german aeroplane was brought down by rifle and machine gun fire on september ist falling close behind the german lines to the southwest of hooge a second german aeroplane was brought down by one of our fighting machines it fell behind the enemy's lines opposite the southern portion of our front boy arrested as accomplice of murderers played part in crime in which woman was slain and robbed , new york sept 9.—owney tulis a russian finn hall-boy in the home of mrs elizabeth nicholas who met her death last night at the hands of mask ed men was arrested after he had con fessed the police say to having play ed a part in the crime although the burglars stripped their victim's fingers and ears of diamonds md other jewels worth ten thousand dollars they failed to rifle the strong box of her safe in which she kept gems valued at from two hundred thousand o five hundred thousand dollars anglo-french financiers reach new york on lapland new york sept 10.—the joint anglo-french financial commission of six members deputed by great britain and france to adjust the foreign ex change situation reached new york today aboard the . steamer lapland from liverpool no americans killed in raids by zeppelins london sept 9.—there were no americans among the zeppelin air-raid victims the american embassy and american consulate reported this after noon washington asks vienna to recall its ambassador dr dumba made himself obnoxious by his activities la connection with austrian workers in u s munitions factories and his pres ence is objected to by the am erican executive washington sept 9.—ambassad or pcnfie'd vienna was instructed by cable tonight to inform the austro hyngarian government that dr con stantin dumba no longer is acceptable as envoy to the united states and to ask for his recall practical action washington sept 9 — secrctan lansing has formally announced thai his action was the answer of the am erican government to dr dumba's ex planation of his intercepted letter tc vienna outlining his plan for handi capping in this country who arc making war supplies for the allies no difficulty anticipated washington sept 10.—news oi austria-hungary's reception of the american note requesting the recall o ambassador dumba was eagerly awai ed here today in government and di plomatic circles officials of the administration ap peared optimistic in the belief that th summary action v.ould not result ii any international issue while diploma cists close to the austria-hungaria embassy were understood to believr ihat the vienna government immediate y would comply with the request will recll him diplomats in touch with the vienru embassy here thought today there wa ittle doubt that da dumba would b immediately recalled it was suggest d that baron yon swiediast coun ; chor of the embassy would be mac charge d'aftairs to remain until tf onc!uo:on of the war in crdlnary times the failure of ; jovcrnment to send a successor to a ambassador who had been recalled would indicate its displeasure over th request in this case however it wa , oointed out that the difficulty of sen ing a new envoy made a distinct dif ference war came close home pall mail gazette describes zeppelin raid as the londoners first glimpse of war at close quarters citizens kept very cool london sept 9.—the raid of the zeppelins last night is described br the pall mall gazette as the london er's first glimpse of war at close quar ters the evening standard speaks of the coolness shown everywhere but warns the public against the noticeably wide spread and dangerous disposition tc regard the affair as a species of spec tacle it suggested that in addition to th zeppelin which within limits is a ter rible instrument of war there is alsc the danger from anti-air craft gun therefore the public would be well ad vised to take the aerial visitors more seriously than they did last night official references indicate that the zeppelins approached the port of lon don more closely than on any previous occasions twenty persons were kitted and eighty-six injured in last night's raid these figures were given out officially today the german airships flew over the eastern counties of england and the london districts aviators killed by own bombs machine hit entanglements when , landing causing explosion geneva sept 10.—two french avi ators were killed at deyingen alsace when their machines thruck barbed wire entanglements as they were mak ing a landing causing the explosion of the bombs aboard the aeroplane they had been forced to laid be cause of some motor trouble the incoming express left basque at 8 this morning - she is due at noon to-morrow german airmen bomb suburbs of french capital new york sept 9.—a cable to the evening news from paris says german aeroplanes f!ew over the suburbs of paris early today dropping a large number of bombs the cxtenl of the damage is not yet known landwehr force enters the fortress of dubno london sept 9.—a despatch tc the central news from vienna ayr i is officially announced that the aus trian lsndwehr cavalry have entered the fortress of dubno of the lutsk dubno-rovno triangle of fortresses germans make excuses express many regrets and offer reparation . v/ashington sept 9.—germany's note re the sinking of the arabic was received late today the state de partment officials will net consider it until tomorrow arrangeincnts for its publication will be made later the note outlined in berlin news despatches says that the commander of the submarine believed that the arabic was about to ram him it also expresses regret for the lose of any americans and proposes a neans of reparation british force avenges murders punishes the persians for killing tv/o british officers—bushire occupied t ondon sept 9.—because of the killing of two british ofneers ncai bushire in persia and the failure of the persian government to punish the tribal chiefs concerned in the affair who it is declared were assisted by some germans bushire—a city of rp wards of 15,000 population on the persian gulf was occupied by the british without opposition on august bth according to advices received by reuters telegram company conditions in persia are going from bad to worse the advices add the persian central telegraph line has been cut since august 15th and the road from bushire has been com pletely blocked jew soldiers celebrate their new year festival london sept 9.—more than 2,000 jewish soldiers are here on leave from the front to celebrate the jewish new year's day in london among them being several canadians though they will be back in the trenches for the atonement they will rigorously observe the great feast huns make some gains in the west down prince's forces advance along a front of over a mile in the ar • gonne capturing french trenches with 2,000 prisoners and forty eight machine guns fuench claim repulse of most of the attacks severe fighting still continues in this region—things slow down on the eastern front—situation unchang ed to the north—rains aid rus sians ondon sept 9—the crown prince is making another determined at tempt to break through the french lines in the argonne according to a berlin official statement and succeed ing in taking trenches over a front of two kilometres one and one quarter miles and to a depth of from 300 to 500 metres capturing 2,000 prisoners 48 machine guns 64 mine thrower the french both in their midnight report and again this afternoon admit that the germans gained a partial suc cess but declare that in most instances they were thrown back with heavy losses second effort this is the second effort of the ger man emperor's heir to win a victory in this region within the last three months although on each occasion he gained a small amount of ground he is apparently as far from his objec tive this time as on previous occasion fighting was in progress all yester day and throughout the night and was still going on when the last report was issued the german reply this is doubtless the german r«;>ry to the artillery bombardment which the allies kept up for fifteen days but which now seems to be dying down and without any infantry attacks fol lowing it as had been anticipated in stead except for heavy gun action south of arras bomb throwing seems to have taken its place along the eastern front things are moving more slowly again after the russian offensive in the southeast in which they claimed a substantial vic tory had helped to liven matters up situation unchanged from the gulf of riga ohta and south of kovno the germans stale the situation is unchanged while on their centre from that point and beyond pripet marshes they continue to ad vance on the whole the russians appear with fresh supplies of ammunition to be making a better stand they are aided doubtless by rains which are tj'nir.g the roads another large shipment ] j v/rug borders . jyuares when laid on the floor ""—— and partly covered with ciifec ■" a rug the effect is that of a * f real hard wood floor ljm.*4*4±j • extremely durable ' square yards unaffected by water f&jmgt exposure theylie ilat 6wr jy m without fastening ' 2 x congolcum rug borders jßmr *» come in rolls like lino fw * \ 3x4 leum 36 inches and 24 w \ \ l inches wide you can buy w:a m just the length you need \ n u j . 2x2 r made in brightor dull fin \ 1 v j • • f ish in golden oak light v a j oak and parcjaet designs u m ' 1 x lvk bowriogßros i 1 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