St. John's Daily Star, 1916-01-05

              the st john's daily star adfee volume ii 3.00 per annum wednesday : january 5,1916 price one cent no 3 russians capture bukowina capital the austrians have captured an : italian trench near tolmino the montenegrins have captured i bogovac from the austrians inflicting jon them severe losses unofficial advices from athens re j port thirty thousand bulgars as hav ing reached the region of tirana north west of elbassen in albania and that albanian irregulars commanded by bulgarian officers have exchanged shots with the italian outposts near durazzo on the adriatic it is asserted there are one hundred thousand serbs now in albania who wilksoon-be ready to re-enter the fray ■ reports of capture london jan 4—the petrograd cor respondent of tbe havas agency an nounces the austrians have ev&cuated czernowitz the russians having seiz ed all the heights dominating the town london jan 4—a renter despatch from petrograd says the teutonic forc es are reported to have evacuated owitz bukowi:ia it add that a large number oi prisoners have been taken including many germans london jan s—thc russian offici al communication does not confirm the evacuation ol czefnowitz but says west oi czernovyitz we have occupied a l:nc of trenches and repuls ed strong enemy counter attacks tp > isvts-^-.*ttw sir john simon resigns th • home secretaryship london jan 4.—announcement was made in the house of commons to-day oi the resignation of sir john simon secretary of state ior home affairs ■ i ■ lands and i to this port . ; czernowitz re-captured reuter despatch from petrograd re ports that the czar's forces having captured trenches and positions commanding the capital of the pro vince of bukowina the austrian's were forced to evacuate the city russians conducting a strong of fensive in the stripa and volhynia districts and in eastern galicia montenegrin success bulgars op erating in albania i ondon jan s.—everywhere in the tripa and volhynia districts rus and in east galicia the russians on the offensive official communi cation irom both petrograd and yien a revealing tbis ■ czernowitz capital of bukowina is now the position around which the most important fighting is in progress the russian war office reports the russians have occupied a fine oi trenches northeast of czernowitz and have repulsed strong counter-attacks a reuter despatch from petrograd a report of the evacuation of czernowitz and capture of a large number of prisoners including ger mans by the russians .'• strong russ advance there has been a strong advan the russians on this front though vi enna says the russian attacks have been unsuccessful and their losses have been appalling in one-sector six miles in width 2 300 russian clean j have been counted . - on none of the other fronts has any j change of importance taken place british camped on the banks of suez canal our p.c.ure shows tommies who are encamped or toe turkish dde of the great waterway swimming from abarge it » expected tha in the near future th e canal zone wi be the scene of much nghtng betwee heealles forces and the armies of the teuton aliies reported to be preparing for a drive on egypt 2,832,210 enlisted under derby scheme total included 1,150,000 un married and 1,679,263 mar . ried men—the total of both available for enlistment was 5,011,441 leaving a total of 2,180,000 still unattested i ondon jan 4 lo-d derby's re cruiting figures for the period be tween oct 23 and dec 15 show that 1,15.0,000 unmarried and • 1.679,253 married men presented themselves fcr service ■» oi the grand total of 2,829,263 married and single men 103.000 un married and 112,431 married men en lisiecl ; immediately 840.000 singk men 1.344,979 married ffien register ed i of the single men 207,000 were rejected while 221,853 married men were not accepted by the recruiting officers % many unattec-ed london jan 4.—lord derby's re port shows that the total men of mili targ age in england scotland and wales who were not erupted when the canvass began were single men 2,179,231 married men 2,832,210 total 5.01 1.441 the total attested enlisted and re jected men having been 2,829,263 this shows that there are 2,182,175 men who did not offer their services many young men enlisted under derby scheme called out . i mew york jan 4.—a news agency | despatch from london this after \ noon says that single men between the ages of twenty-three and twenty six inclusive who enlisted during the • recruiting campaign were called to the colors they are to report for service on february bth this call was issued following the adjournment of the cab inet meeting in which the ministers agreed on the form of conscription group 6 to 9 underr the derby scheme were called to the colors and with the groups already called the i british armies will be reinforced by several hundred thousand men \ germany feels hunger pinch british white paper shows effective ness of naval blockade jondon jan s germany's ex port trade has been substantially destroyed says the foreign office white paper presented to parliament to-day and outlining the policy adopt ed to enforce the blockade of ger many the paper adds the . german im ports also have been greatly reduced such important staples as cotton wool and rubber being exculdel others like fats oils and dairy products being obtainable in germany only at famine prices while advices reaching his majesty's government show discon tent among the population and food niots in some of the large towns mmmmmm the gas lamp at the bridge is not giving the satisfaction it should recently it was removed and placed on a low pole it does not throw the light on the bridge where it is most greeks become short-tempered co-jcb reccai n**e to the enleate in rather sharp tmnas paris jan 4—the petit parisien de i dares that the note which m ro manes greek minister of france has handed premier briand protesting i against the arrest of consuls at salo | nika as violation of greece's neutral ! ity was couched in much sharper terms ; than the greek complaints to berlin j and vienna regarding the teutons aer iialraid on salonika the newspaper adds that the greek ; treasury is getting empty and the gbv ! eminent is thinking of applying to the ! entente allies for a loan which how ever is unlikely to be granted mmmmmm king oversees reorganisation of serbian army j king peter at salonika ia seeing io i the reconstruction of the forces of gallant serbia jparis jan 4.—kin 3 peter of serbia who is stopping at the serbian con sulate in salonika is expected to pre side over the reorganization of the serbian army according to salonika despatches ito the havas news agency on jan 2 ! the army is gradually being assembled lat salonika groups of from 200 to 1400 men each arriving from time to j time king peter adds the despatches | will address a rescript to the serbians jin favor of the sacred union for the liberation of invader serbian territory whether will visit athens will depend on political and military developments it is reported that king nicholas of montenegro will come to salonika , the allied military authorities con tinue to arrest all persons suspected of espionage , * the tonstruction of strategic lines lof a total length of one hundred kilo metres has been begun for the forti fied region along the front mmmmmm much of the serbian army already well reformed daris jan 4.—according lo a hav as despatch from athens under date jan \, an officer of king peter's suite at salonika declares that the serbian forces concentrated in alban ia not including the serbian detach ments co-operating with the monten egrin army number 100,000 these forces adds the despatch are almost completely reorganized and shortly will be amply provided with uniforms artillery and horses no decision has et been reached as to how these forc es will be utilized mmmmmm volunteers reach england his excellency the governor notifies us that he has received a message'from capt patterson saying that the last draft of volunteers from here had ar rived in england all well kitchener speaks on conscription before the lords rind asquith will deal with the compulsion measure in commons ifljew york jan s.—the london jo ' o dent cf the herald in i the course of a despatch dealing with j the report of lard derby on the re jcruiting says that while mr a-ruith is making his statement on recruiting lin the house today as a preliminary ito the introduction of the single men compulsion bill which i am now infor i mcd excludes ireland lord kit i chener in the house of , lords will discuss ] the problems which has been really forced on the'country iby the rabid wyjscriptb_istfc whc un the inspiration of the northclifie press have muddled everything and forced the introduction of a measure which would be unnecessary if the many thousands of men fit to fight had not been diverted into making instead of discharging shells sir john simon who disagreed en ! tircly with the majority of the cabinet on the question of compulsion has not withdrawn his resignation the position of mr reginald mc kenna chancellor of the exchequer and mr walter runciman p'-csidem of the board of trade is still unde cided they are making their accept ance of the governments-compulsion bill conditional upon obtaining a con cession lb their views on the eventual size of the army .'.'_> in this matter the premier is in an embarassmg position he is being strongly impelled from the outside not to yield this support and it is believed that the majority in the cabinet itself is against their views leland is to be excluded from the provisions of the compulsory service i bill which is to be produced in the j hdase today the bill will:be offered by mr as j quilh the prime minister immediat j ely after the question hour in the j house of commons . | greek king reconciled accepts the fact that the allies are determined fo remain at salonika till end of war - athens jan s.—the-king of the greeks appears to have considera bly altered his viewpoint during the last month for speaking to the associ ates press correspondent today on the * present situation the greek king while reiterating his determination not to be forced or persuaded to abandon neutrality or to order demobilisation seemed to be reconciled to the idea of the allies remaining at salonika until tbe end of the war on good authority it is asserted that m venizelos has already twice been approached with respect io the terms on which he would accept the premier ship and he is said to have refused to consider the proposal at the present time on the ground that greece would now be unable to be of any practical assistance to the entente powers be yond that which it is already doing he however left the matter open for further discussion presumably in the spring when greece's aid may be valuable germans protest sinking of u-boat by british ship under u.s.flag german memorandum of protest in cludes affidavits from number of american witnesses of the incident who state the barralong a british auxiliary cruiser was disguised and flew stars and stripes—british foreign minister reminds germans of the piratical acts of their u boats and offers to submit inci dents of submarine warfare to an impartial tribunal ondon jan 5.—a british official statement issued today says sir edward grey secretary for foreign affairs answered the complaint by the germans through the american embas sies regarding the destruction off the coast of ireland of a german subma rine and crew by the british auxiliary cruiser baralong by referring to vari ous german outrages , sir edward grey offers such inci dents including the baralong case to an impartial tribunal composed of say officers of the united states navy flew american flag the foreign office has presented the house of commons with the full ambassador page and sir edwarctgrejr concerning the case the memorandum from ger many concerning the sinking of the submarine includes affadavits from six americans j m garrett kiln missis sippi charles g hightower of crys tal city texas b e palen detroit mich edward clark detroit ich r h cosby crystal city jas j curren chicago ihe above were all muleteers i board the steamer nicosian and wit nessed the baralong's destruction of the submarine a further affidavit is from lanmore holland of chattanooga term who was a member of the crew of the bara long it.was admitted that all the affi davits speak of the baralong as dis guised and flying the american flag merely followed example london jan s.—the daily news in an editorial today pointing to what it termes inconsistencies in the bara long evidence says it is possible even probable that sea warfare since the sinking of the lusitania and the ara bic has assumed a degree t of savagery which formerly was inconceivable the germans says the daily news have torn up kingly sea-traditions and it is idle to expect their examples should be wholly unoontagious when wafiis elided it will be one of the most urgent ano difficult tasks of civilisation to re-establish them so far as the german protest is con cerned sir edward grey's half-ironi cal offer to submit all the cases to an impartial tribunal is a fair enough re fierce fights rage at cattaro austrian try to oasi monien-grlns from strong positions jjew york jan 4.—a news agency despatch from rome to-day says a rale and most important strug gle ior mastery of the adriatic is now raging near the austrian naval base at attaro between combined austrian naval and laud forces and monteneg rins the austrians are making a de termined attempt lo capture mount lowccn the gibraltar of the adriatic its retention by the montenegrins threatens the austrian hold on cat taro s-nce the beginning of the war austria has made cattaro harbour its naval base for operations in the adri atic,-aegean and mediterranean cattaro is absolutely impregnable from mount lowccn where the mon tenegrins a year-ago installed heavy ijilery for six days ' the afustrlans have been attempting to driic the montenegrins from this position while austrian troops arc attacking on the slopes from ruskovagora ghezbal and other points austrian warships in cattaro harbour are fierce ly bombarding montenegrin positions if the montenegrins can hold mount , lowcen they plan later with the ac sistance of the allies to dri'.e the au trains from cattaro until the au - trians arc driven'from this base they will continue to dispute the supremacy j of the adriatic with the allied squoc severe weather cripples cables practically causes suspension cf trans-atlaniic cable service | t . • | new york jan s.—trans-atlantic j cable communication continues uncer-1 tain by reason of the severe weather conditions which have existed for sev eral days abou.l the british isles the western union telegraph co \ and the french telegraph co have both announced that until further no tice all messages are subjected to great delay and that the service is practi cally suspended aims blow at britain jan 4.—a represent dye steenerso'n republican minneso ; ta introduced a resolution today aim . ed at british interference with amen can trade with european neutrals he proposes to empower the presi dent to prohibit the exports of war munitions to any belligerent controll ing the seas and preventing exports or food or food products from the united states many gains for russians offensive moves by czar's forces are successful at many points along east front detrograd official jan 5 the germans tried to cross the dvina in the region of elisenhoie were thrown back by our fire we put to flight germans wearing white coats who attempted to approach our trenches in the region of tsargrad station in the region of czartorysk the cn emy was driven from the woods be tween koshuklnovk and podchere vitchi station in the region of the,mid dle stripa our troops having crossed the line of wire entanglements occu | pied the enemy trenches east of the i.villag of bielavintze and took by ! storm an isolated fortified enemy ! work i north-east of czernowitz we occu i pied a line of trenches and repulsed by concentrated fire of our artillery enemy counter attacks the enemy sustaining heavy losses in the caucasus the situation is un changed uncle sam worrying pesky submarine question obtrudes nightmares on his peace and prosperity dreams washington jan s.—there was no lessening of the tension in the new submarine crisis today with pres ident returned to the white house to take personal charge of the situaion but there was marked indication of the president's intention to proceed care fully and deliberately before commit ting the united states to,the-next step in fe^ajxeach/'strained relations with the teutonic powers at the state department the hope was expressed there would be opportuii ity to settle the crisis amicably it was stated that the american government believed that austria's assurances in last ancona note were given in i good faith i two points it was emphasized must be cleared up before the next move is made it must be established whether the british liner persia actually was torpedoed and if so what was the nationality of the submarine mmm read the daily star ladies and gents coats no advance on former prices liberal discounts for spot cash value par excellence ! bowring brothers limited