St. John's Daily Star, 1916-03-27

              the st john's daily star new found land volume 11 3.00 per annum monday march 27,1916 price one cent no 72 battles rage on 2 fronts infantry attacks launched by the germans in ihe verdun region to the southwest of fort douaumont russians pushing their offensive on east front capture trenches frem the germans • russians making progress in turkish war theatre oindon march 27.—the violent v dment northwest oi verdun on of malanco.urt continues c north of the fortress and ;\ re region to the east in cannonading is still in pro 0 infantry attacks have j launched by the germans except south , 1 douaumont where berlin i hand-to-hand encounters with the advantage on the side of the side oi the germans the trench in argonnc forest are their bombardment of the : itions considerable artil lery ctivity on the part of the french been shown in the vosge xplosion of a french mine in : on inflicted heavy osse on the , i and according to berlin the . german positions were not impaired ii lit , : p!osion j j on the russian front the german attempted an offensive in the region of = jacobstadt but were repulsed while he russians captured a german trench in the region of dvinsk tiling is still going on in . n southeast cf dvinsk \ ! ■ ;!>£ russian attack broke ] i stomas in the mountain region of the i man line have impeded oper 1 ations combardments are continuing s on the isonro front on the coast region of russia in the turkish war theatre the rus are making good progress against the turks and also farther south in the lake van region they have thrown their lines r till further forward three more british steamers have been sink presumably by german s ufa,arin . frank moran outpointed champion willard easily disposes of his opponent in pugilistic fight at new york mew york mar 26.—jess willard champion heavyweight of the world easily outpointed frank moran in ten rounds here last night willard had better points in ever round except the third which went tc moran by a narrow margin ihe eight and nipeth rounds were even the conqueror of jack jchnsor claimed to have broken ill the bone on ihc back of the right hand during ~ slashing rally in the third round it was noticabje that he did not use his right hand ie any extent in the laiei rounds the chief feature cf moran's battle was his gameness although he cou'.c make r.o impression en w:!lard witl his hardest swings he fought steadih r.nd courr-geously under a fusilade o bs and books which battered his almost closed his left eye '- wards the end ci the bout the champion never was in danger froe moran's glows although a num p.ded with crashing force on his jaw and body most of them either were blocked cr avoided the the kans as cowboy who took full advantage of his great height and extraordinary rer.ch u s may discontinue rela tions with huns a-*-..■■•"*-.*•••■■••••■■.■■•--•■■.■■..•••■.•••••o"*~«"*"*"f great indignation at washington over torped doing of french steamer sussex with american citizens on board special to the st john's daily star washington march 27 by united press not since the be ginning of the submarine controversies between the united states and germany has the international situation been so grave as it is at the pre sent moment the state department is waiting anxiously for definite reliable news of the reported torpedoing without warning of several steamers hay ing ameican passengerson board diplomatic relations with germany will likely be broken off if the government of the unitsd states finds that a u-boat was responsible for bhe attack on the sussex according to a statement by a high official today u-boats sink 5 steamers s cecilia salybin fenabridge min ndapolisand one other steamer un identified toll of german submar ines for ths week-end—damage to sussex caused by torpedo sorie american casualties on cross-channel steamer i ondon march 27.—the st cecil lia was on a voyage from portland maine for london the fenaybridge which was bound from philadelphia for hull has been sunk the crews of the st cecilia and fenaybridge were rescued jbiit the fate of the crew of the other steamers s not known the exact number of american casu alties aboard the cross-channel steam er sussex which was blown up in the channel on friday afternoon has not yet been determined the french admiralty basing its statement on the affidavits of the am erican passengers saved says the sus sex was torpedoed without warning fenabridge sunk london march 27.—lloyds repon | ihe british steamship fenabridge sunk the crew was landed the fenabridge was 3,838 tons 356 feet long and was built at sunderland in 1910 she was owned in london and sailed from philadelphia on march 18th for hull steamer st cecilia sunk london march 27.—the british steamer st cecilia which sailed from portland maine on march 11th for london is sunk according to a de spatch from lloyds from dover the crew were saved the steamer cecilia is a comparat ively new vessel built at greenock in 1913 and owned by the saint bride steamship co glasgow fate of crew unknown marseilles march 26.—the brit ish liner minneapolis was sunk m the mediterranean last week by a sub marine according to captain bibby of ihe british steamer leicestershire which has arrived here from rangoon captain bibby reports that while in ihe mediterranean on last wednesday he received a wireless call for help from the minneapolis the steamer had just been torpedoed and was sink ing he went ml speed to her assist ance but too late as the ves%el had sunk the fate for the crew was not known the minneapolis was a steamer of tons gross built in 1900 at bel fast and owned by the atlantic trans port co late shipping records do not give the movements of the vessel which probably was in the british government service prior to the war the minneapolis plied between ameri can ports and london salybia sunk london march 25—reports say the british steamship salybia has been sunk and that the passengers and crew are saved she was 3,252 gross tons and owned in london torpedoed and without a warning fecericans survivors of the sussex sv/ear lhaf exp'orbn which dania ed the susse was caused by a tor pedo—lnslrameel of came unwarned washington march 27.—de-iniu information regarding the sinking f the englishman and the damaging sy an explosion of the channel steam er sussex were r.nxiously awaited b resident wilson and secretary of state lansing today this information vvas momentarily expected from the mcrican con:u!?.r officer in england and france if it is established that either of the essek was torpedoed by a gorman sub no.rine the united stales would regard he act as a most flagrant violation of he righls of humanity and the pnneir es of international law and cf the ass irances given by germany regarding die conduct of submarine warfare until all facts in the case are at hand lowever the administration and offic ais will reserve judgement although there is no attempt to minimize the gray ity of the situation should it clevelor that either of the disasters was due tc submarine attack and that americar lives were lost the last official information receivec at the state department was a despat ch from the american embassy at lor lon forwarding affidavits from edward 3 huxley and francis e drake new york survivors swearing that the ex plosion on the sussex occurred with ut the slightest warning and crediting the ships commander with saying that he saw a torpedo wake ti i big naval battle in the north sea london march 26.—despatches from esbcerg denmark to berlinsket says reuters copenhagen correspon dent report a great naval battle be tween german and british fleets some hree miles off the graadby lightship at mid-day to-day the despatch adds hafr tondern in schlesvvig-holstein has been bombarded by five aero planes >$\ t 1 trk six burned to death in a fire at halifax halifax march 27.—six foreign navvies were burned to death one n missing and one is in hospital with a broken wrist as a result of the burning of a small building in which over sixty men were employed at ocean terminal work the cause of the fire is un known w?si i aimed hun trawlers sunk london march 27 a despatch to the exchange telegraph company from copenhagen says the german ar mcd trawlers sunk by the british out side of sylt harbor were named the braunschweig and otto rudolf the germans sudden dr/ebrrjienl of the russiar offensive on the front wa unsxpccled by the enomy and ha , r&iultod in considerable advance by the chars forcea germans are making ready to withdraw their lines detrograd march 27 via lon don the sudden deaclopincnt o ihc russian o tensive on the d/insl front which has taken the german jy surprise has during the past wee resulted in considerable advances bj he russians over two of the most im portant rectors at jacobstadt which protects their northern flank and in he narocz lake region which defend heir southern positions at neither point although the drought all their available reserves intc step by step were the germans able tc 3tay the russian advance although from official statements i night be inferred that fighting of equa importance is extending over the whole rea known as the northern front stre hing from riga to the lake district outh of dvinsk the main russian ci ort is being made on the southern poi on of this line where the russians art roceeding toward sventsiany if pushed to a successful conclusion his movement would result in the cap ; ure of the important vilna-dvinsk rail r ay line which now serves the germ ns operating at dvinsk according to reports from the front he germans recognizing the probabi ty of such a disaster already have re loved their depots and supply station o a point west of novo alexandrovisk and their activity in this region now consists chiefly in constructing a line of fortifications considerably in the rear of these they now occupy to which they may retreat in case of continued russian successes successes for russians london march 26.—the verdun truggle is continued no infantry ac ions yesterday says the french official jtatement the channel steamer was torpedoed md passengers from the sussex have iled affidavits to this effect petrograd reports further advances the bear gained ground in the jacob te sectojr and dvinsk district the situation in gahcia is unchanged russian gunboats have destroyed sixteen sailing vessels in the black sea • italy has repulsed artillery attacks on torragole valley hun warship missing london march 27.—a german tor pedo boat is missing since the fight which followed the british raid on sat urday morning on the german aviat ion sheds in northern schleswig-hol stein according to an official german statement received here by wireless several u.s citizens lost twenty-five americans passengers on the sussex and a number are unaccounted for washington march 26.—the ex plosion which damaged the chan nel steamer sussex upen which twenty i.c american citizens had taken pas r.ge occurred without the slightest earning according to stories told b american survivors consular reprc icntatives in england cabled the state department tc-day the survivors declared that one a six life boat launched aftc c explosion had capsized throv/ninr ts occupants into the sea two of the survivors drake and huxley said that go far as the new only three americans reached he lifeboats fifteen passengers h.qy said were injured they believed hat several arnerxans were lost two armed liners sink in big fight 3ntisfa auxiliary cruiser aicandara sank th-2 german raider gileff with gun fire bat was herself torpedoed and sunk—germans lose almost 200 men and british losses are giv en as 74 officers and men j'ondon march 25.—the fo'.lovinr official statement was issued to day an engagement occurred or febr uary 29th in the north sea betw-cr the armed german raider grieff dlt rinsed as a norwegian merchant vej sel and the british armed merehan ruiser alcantara captain t r wardle it resulted in the loss of both yes eb the german raider be:ng sunk b un fire and the alcantara apparent by a torpedo five german officers and 115 nci were picked up and taken prisoner out cf the total complement believct c have been over 300 the britis osses amounted to five officers artc vixty-nine men it should be noted that during th vhole engagement the enemy fired over ihe norwegian colors panted on the dc of the ship this news is now published as ii is nade clear by the receipt of a ger man wireless message that the enemy sas learned that the gr.eff a hip to ths moewe had been destroyed oefcre she succeeded in passing our mc of pa'.rols t tubantia was torpedoed london march 27.—the dutch ministry cf marine says an examinat ion of a piece of metal found in the life-boat of the dutch steamer tuban tia recently sunk has induced the be lief that it belonged to the air chamber of a torpedo still refuse reformation germans are as unscrupulous in their employment of u-boats as in early days of war jondon march 27.—the editorial comments of the london morning papers on the sinking of the sussex contain a large amount of speculation as to the probable attitude of the ynit ed states the daily chronicle remarks that germany's naval policy stands exactly where it stood on the day the lusitania was torpedoed ten months negotia tions between washington and berlin have not altered it a jot or tittle and diplomatic exchanges have never been for germany anything but an affair of masks and pretences t obviously no more direct or defiant challenge was ever handed by one na tion to another than that which ger many has now launched at the united states and whether the united states picks it up or lets it lie the world and all belligerents will now know with a clearness hitherto lacking precisely where the greatest of neutral countries stands allies raid hun airshed fleet of british seaplanes convoyed by british light cruisers and des troyers drops bombs on german airship depots on the island of sylt schleswig-hoistein 3 airships missing h m s laverock is sunk in collision with medusa march 27.—the following official statement was issued to night an attack by british seaplanes was delivered yesterday morning upon the german airship sheds in schieswig hoi stein on the eastward island of sylt the seaplanes were convoyed to their rendezvous close to the german coast dy an escorting force of light cruis ers and destroyers under the com mand of commodore tyrwhitt three of the seaplanes which took part in the attack are missing the destroyer medusa was in collision with he destroyer laverock and it is fear d that in the stormy weather whjch prevailed last night the medusa may have been lost but no misgivings are ielt as to the safety of the crew two german armed ipatrol vessels were sunk by our destroyers but no de tailed report has yet been received but from the danish press messages it would appear that this operation which was carried out within the enemy's wat ers achieved its object the laverock is 260 ft long and was built in 1914 she was armed with hree 4-inch guns two torpedo tubes a normal comnlernent is 100 men the late-st available british navy rec ords give no description of the medusa three aeropjanes missing london march 26.—three british aeroplanes which took part in a ra:d on the german airship sheds at schles wig-holstein yesterday are missing two german patrol vessels have been sunk a british destroyer is believed to have been lost 1 t ssl verdun in flames berlin march 25 verdun is in flames according to an official state ment issued by the german army head quarters hid 38s passengers london march 25.—last night's de patches said there were three hundred and eighty-six passengers on the sus sex and a crew of about fifty including that seventy-eight or more persons have not been accounted for according to official information from the admiralty this morning be tween ninety and one hundred passen gers have been landed at dover and ibout two hundred and fifty passengers and members of the crew in france v t m k i seal cove reported fo uy that the wind was icasterly weather stortm with rain bay full ice cw . seals seen saves lives of many folk on sussex survivor of cross-channel steamer ex presses admiration for the calm courage and presence of mind shown by capt mouffet—gailant officer injured himself daris march 27.—the calm cour age and presence of mind of cap tain mouffet filled us with admiration said madame wistr verlindem a sur vivor of the channel steamer sussex whose husband is at the front although badly hurt himself this fine french officer worked without ceasing for the safety of his passengers and while giving orders he answered all their questions adding reassuring words declaring that the ship would keep a float and advising all who felt that they had sufficient courage to remain aboard the last of the passengers to leave the sussex for the marie therese were several british officers they formed in line on the deck of the sussex and sal uted captain mouffet who exhausted was turning over command of the ship to the first officer and they gave three ringing cheers for him here we are again —— with another shipment of our famous for men —■ the . - heavy dull tempest with red sole and heel guaranteed to wear out three or four pairs of the ordinary try a pair and test their reputation bowring brothers limited read the daily star