St. John's Daily Star, 1916-05-02

              the st john's daily star new found land volume il 3.00 per annum tuesday may 2,1916 price one cent no.fßfc oz great hun attacks beaten by french enemy's assaults on verdun positions completely repulsed—sinn fein revolt inlreland entirely collapses russians recapture trenches from the germans fighting be tween entente forces and germans and bulgarians occurs on the greek frontier — u.s ambassador gerard back in berlin from german head quarters german note notyet ready ondon may 2.—the british troops and the roya irish constabulary have brought about the surrender of all the rebel forces at dublin and the people of the irish capital for the first time in week are able to move free ly about the city undangered by the bullets of rebel snipers in the country districts of the island the rebels also are laying down their arms quiet is said to prevail in most places where disorder had previously been reported to exist one thousand prisoners taken at dublin have been sent to england the repulse by the french of power fill german attacks around verdun has again been followed by a heavy german bombardment of these sec tions and a continuation of the shell ing of cote dupolvre douaumont northeas of the fortress no fresh in fantry attacks have been launched by the germans sapping in ar eonne fores and the french were en ab!ed by the explosion of a mine to take a portion of the crater nothing important has occurred along the northern section of the bat tle front in russia according to ber lin but in the south the austro-hun garians have been forced to with draw before a counter attack by the rus sians from trenches north of mlynov which they had previously captured the usual bombardments are in pro grcss on the austro-italion front gor izia has again come under heavy fire of the italians in ademollo zone the italians are on the offensive against the austro-hungarians at lopo pass paris reports that on the greek fron tier there has been some frequent but unimportant skirmishes between the entente allies and the german-bul garian forces whose lines are less than two thirds of a mile from each other at certain points two british war craft the armed yacht aegusa and the mine sweeper nasturtium have been sent to the bot tom of the mediterranean by coming in contact with mines mr gerard american ambassador to germany is returning to berlin af ter having had a conference at the german army headquarters with em peror william with regard to the amer ican note to germany concerning sub warfare no announcement is made oi the date when germany's reply to the ncie will be despatched 1 ?& !& '^ creusot foundry on fire cherbourg france may i.—a fire of unknown origin last night partly destroyed a branch of the creusot gun works m ��€”~ am i mmtmm m mamm—■mhm^i^j^i^^^^jjg^f^p^^q czar coming out of a trench the czar of russia takes a personal interest in the welfare of his troops he frequently is seen at the front while on the.se visits the czar drops his position and inverses with his nun hunt down tribesmen activities of british forces have re stored northern area of egypt to normal , conditions i qndon may i an official report given out this afternoon says that , conditions arc , rapidly returning to the normal in the northern area of the desert of western egypt small patrols in the usual armoured cars continue to hunt for and destroy judder stores since the re-occupation of solumm on the mediterranean near the border of tripoli more than 25,000 rounds of ammunition have been discovered two sets of geramn wireless were discovered hidden in the desert cf moshara which has been occupied to strengthen the cordon around the troubled district the british are harrassing their foes at dakhla and are able to detect every movement of their enemies in this neighborhood in this oasis a small hostile detachment are occupying bar shia refugees from which point report that there are prospects of a famine and typhus in that region and that nc medicines are on hand massed attacks by huns foiled object of the unsuccessful assaultr was deadman's hill daris may i german troops in dense masses jnade a violent attack last night on the positions captured by the french north of deadman's hill on ie verdun front the attack was defeated by the french tne war office report of this after noofi says the geramns suffered enor moi s losses livo simultaneous counter attacks by he germans on a trench captured yesurday by the french north of cumieres were repulsed at hill 304 and in vaux region there were inces sant bombardments a french aerial squadron bombard ed a munitions supply station south of thiaucourt and a camp near spin court two british war-craft mined in mediterranean london may i.—the british armed yacht aegusa capt walker retired vice-admiral and the british mine sweeper nasturtium lieut-commander lloyds struck mines in the mediter ranean and were sunk the official statement announcing this adds that the captain and officers of both ship were saved but that six men are mis sing from the crew of the aeguse and seven from the nasturtium is irl bulgars are trying to conclude peace with the entente powers berne may 1 t-the suisse states thai bulgaria has taken the first step toward concluding a separate peace witfci the allies the s.s stcphano leaves new york 6 friday 7 engagements between airships two german machines brought down • some minor activities - i ondon.may 2.—the war office has issued the following comirrtjnicr tion last night the enemy alter a bombardment exploded a mine oppo site carcncy which damaged our front trenches no infantry attacks fol lowed there was a small hosile bombing attack south or loos which we re pulsed the enemy leaving three rnsn iead on the ground to-day near roclincourt we expiod cci a small mine against hostile miners forking in close proximity to one of our galleries * there has been artil lery activity on boih sides about an gres where we seriously damaged enemy works also about ypres-comin is canal northwest of yprcs yesterday there were seven combats in the air in the course of which,a hos tile machine was driven down inside the german lines and a second while being pursued got out of control and fell on a roof at bapaume hendon hall sunk london may i.—the british steam er hendon hall from portland on apr 7th and louisburg n.s apr 11th to rotterdam has been sunk according o a despatch to lloyds the crew were saved will be extradited washington may i.—the supreme court to-day held that ignatius tim athy tribich lincoln former member of the british parliament and con fessed spy must go back to england for trial on a charge of fogery i "$& 1 canadian northern sells out london may 2.—the times says he cunard company has completed irranaements for the acquisition of the canadian northern's shipping busi â–  less say asquith must resign recent war developments cause gen eral demand for reconstitution of british government fowoqn may i.—the effort of*the aerial raids and the attack on the english coast by german battleships the past few weeks and the outbreak in ireland and the surrender of genl townshcnd and the british force at kui-el-amara has reflected an almost unanimous declaration from the brit ish press that the present government mus.t be reconstituted or appeal to the country the latter alternative is advocated only by the northcliffe press other newspapers who are opposed to asquith politically express the pre ference that he should rid himself of colleagues such as birrel and reduce the size of the cabinet if the government is to survive il u thought it will be obliged to legis late with some measure of compulsior to relax the latest order of muzzling the nress should asouith resiar it is highly probable that he would be succeeded by bonar law a french success pans may 2.—a strong attack wa made by the french troops last night on german positions southeast of fort douaumont on the verdun front the french captured a first line german trench five hundred meters long the j war office announced this afternoon ; and took a hundred prisoners west of the meuse activity of artil lery continued through the night from the avocourt region to deadman's hill the war office also announced that in their attacks on april 29 and 30 on the north slope of deadman's hill the french gained german trenches over a front of about 1,000 meters and a depth of 300 to 600 meters . . during the past few trips-the kyle and sagona were unable to get into north sydney on account of ice cori ditions both being obliged to go to louisburg late list of casualties 1479 pte hayward cooper snook's harbor t.b admitted 3rd lon don general hospital wands worth gunshot wound in shoul der received april 19 i2h private george dawe clarke's beach c.b admitted 3rd lon don general hospital wands worth haemorrhoids additional information 2nd lieut john e j fox st john's previously reported with dysentry and myocarditis at malta nov 10 1915 now re ported admitted 3rd london gen eral hospital wandsworth de bility . j r bennett coi secretary lays blame oil harding london times saddles responsibility for mesopotamian muddle on retiring viceroy special correspondence of the st john's daily star joronto can april 25.—the to ronto globe published today ex tracts from a three-column review ol lord harding's career as viceroy o india which appeared in the london times this article makes an effort to blame the nobleman for the mesopo amian muddle in part it says when in november 1914 lord riardinge with the concurrence of the home government began operations in mesopotamia his intentions were clear y of-the most,modest kind with a single division he seized he important turkish seaport of bas ra saved the admiralty oil refineries n adaban island from the destruc tion and cut off the turks from acces o persian gulf went too far had the operations stopped at thai point as originally intended british ntercsts would have been sufficiently served and the subsequent unfortu nate complications would not have risen never was there a more mourn ful example of the way in which a little overseas expedition is liable to de clop into a great and costly campaign though we should never had left the districts accessible to sea trans port the mesopotamian force was in reascd to an army corps which be iore long was waging three minor cam jaigns at three points of a triangle change of command the command in mesopotamia meanwhile passed to lieut genera sir john nixon an officer who com bined excessive optimism with ex tremely faulty judgment on hi suggestion general townshend ad vanced in september to continue th campaign at kut-el-amara where he fought a successful though some what risky battle and occupied thy town general nixon gave as his reaso for desiring to take kut-el-amare that it was an almost impregnabl b..se and probably could be held h reasoning was unsound for even ; general townshend had never gon beyond kut-el-amara he would hay almost certainly have been beleagur ed inthe end but kut-el-amar having been reached general nixo then proposed that general town shend should advance across the de sert to bagdad unsettled question it is at this , point that the unsettl ed question of lord hardinge share of the responsibility arises general townshend was unwilling to advance without reinforcements which he did not receive but his viewc appear to have passed unnoticed the question at present in dispute is the apportionment or responsibility be ween lord hardinge and the home government and their respective mili tary advisers did the home government anx ious to obtain a set-dff for the fail ure at gallipoli accept with eagerness general nixon's most unwise proposal to advance to bagdad or did lord hardinge contribute his share of the sanction without marked pressure from home the verdict obviously must turn upon the evidence of telegrams which are not yet public property rebel leaders surrender london may i.—an official an nouncement was made this afternoon that all the reibel leaders in dublin had surrendered british steamer sunk london may i—the british steam ship city of lucknow 3669 tons owned at glasgow has been sunk landing at makri london may 2—the patris of ath ens states that french ships have land ed a force at makri in asia minor makri is a seaport on the mediterran ean about 250 miles south of con stantinople the reid c.o were apprised yes terday afternoon of the arrival of the meigle at louisburg she is now load ing freight for this port immt the florizel is now in first class condition for her summer's work she has been completely renovated and is in better condition than ever revolution suppressed all the rebels in dublin have sur rendered and those in the country provinces are doing likewise over a thousand sinn feiners prisoners in the irish cajitai—sur rendered unconditionally londodn may i.—all rebels in dublin have surrendered and those in the country districts are doing like wise according to an official state ment issued this evening the state ment says that all the rebels in dublin have surrendered and the city is re ported quiet and safe the rebels in the country districts there were one thousand prisoners in dublin yesterday of which 489 were sent to england last night offered to surrender in the city of cork during the night of april 30th and may ist the rebels in inniscorthy made an offer to sur render their arms on condition that the rank and file be allowed to return o their homes they were informed that the only terms that could be en tertained was an unconditional sur render these terms were accepted by them at six o'clock this morning it was reported later that the rebels were surrendering to-day on these terms to a column composed of sol diers of the royal irish constabulary who captured seven prisoners in the neighborhood of farns county wex ford to-day in wickiow arklow dunlavin new ross counties cork clare limerick nd kerry generally quiet the whole of ulster is quiet last stronghold taken london may \ telegraphing from dublin under date of sunday the cor respondent of the evening news says that the last rebel stronghold taken was jacob's factory which was sur rounded at mid-day today , cut off jrorn the city the beleagured insurgents here had not heard of the capitulation of their chiefs and kept up a desultory fusilade from the roofs and windows a<nd finally had to be subdued by a battery of artilleryj , dublin is quiet . dublin may 2.—quiet reigns in the streets of dublin today there was very little traffic and the thoroughfares are still strongly held by the military u is assumed that the sinn feiners still it liberty have hidden their arms after ising all their munitions and have re turned to the ranks of peaceful citi zens . ' â–  landslide occurs on southside hilj.s covers back kitchen of mr w par miter's dwelling house shortly after eight last night a land slide occurred at the rear of mr wil liam parmiter's house on the south idc and completely covered thje back kitchen ; the intimation of the impending avalanche of earth was received by the occupants who heard a rumbling noise at the rear of the building the situation was quickly grasped by them and they vacate the resi dence and sought safety with frienp the house is situated near the friver west of the trestle and a continuous rain such as prevailed yesterday al ways loosens the earth yesterday's was no exception and the expected happened with the result that several tons of earth tumbled over and buried the back kitchen of mr parmiter's house the weight of gravel broke in parts of the house and the interior was half filled several years ago mr parmiter had a similar experience but this one has caused greater damage the sagona's express is due early tomorrow morning there was no mail brought over by the kyle this morning mmm the funeral of patrick o'neil the victim of sunday night's fire takes place this afternoon from his neph ew's residence 72 new gower st mmm donovan's hostelry has 'â–  been con verted into an hospital for the treat ment of vcriunteers suffering from measles \ see cfy our f new /$?/ k / and â–  a frieses w / — v dainty shades / / an d / artistic designs value .& prices 0 l bowring brothers limited tommy m a great story of love and t a war which has just come from the pen of a celebrat ed british author will ap pear in the st john's daily star as a serial the first in stalment to be published on friday the story is one of the most thrilling interest con cerning the old country and the fields of france an english lover and his lass youthful hearts and iron wills it simply bubbles over with human interest has adventure aplenty run ning throughout its chap 1 ters and teaches an import ant lesson of the ambitions and the principles underly ing the present great strug gle in europe k m 4 read tommy best j m of the war stories read the daily star