St. John's Daily Star, 1916-07-18

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 3.00 pet^annum tuesday july 18,1916 price one cent t no 166 knock irish settlement party ccn::c„ng of sevcniy-sii members.of the coa_m&j and nine ty-eight mcirjjcrs of the lords or ganizes in great britain to oppose application of home ri io erc land just now !$ asquith will introduce irish bill nlxt week mx)n july 18.—premier asquith umouncccl today that the new irish will be introduced into parliament re adjournment for the autumn and repeated that the whole question will be submitted to an rial conference ofler the war it is understood the bill vill not be led until next week and mean time delay is allowing an opposi to crystallise which threatens :. able and indicates the measure is io anything but a smooth passage an important meeting of a new representing lansdowne's views lloyd george proposals was a the house of commons today . rising seventy-six members of thy house of lords and ninety-eight mem of the house of commons tfcis is daily growing larger and rc'so wcre carried by acclamation declaring the party views with appre hension the attempt to establish an irish parliament executive so soon after cbellion and during the war and welcomes lord lansdowne's assurance the government will take neces lcps to suppress treason and n in ireland and to uphold the uprcmacjr of the law to 15k isk ik to chooner a.m fox is loading irand hank fbrqfiotto ranks of huns were decimated by allies guns diaries found en prisoners testify io the destructive effect of anglo frcr.ch artillery . ondon july 17.—the following ; captured document r.rc interesting las showing iho very heavy casualties which the.enemy suflcrcd r ii the recent fighting from company 16 bavarian infaptry rcgirrcnt 3rd battalion 16 owing to severe enemy artillery fire of all cr.ibirc up io 28 centimetre the company strength is now one office and twelve risen the regiment urgent iy asks for speedy relief for the com ! any what remains is so exhausted j that in case of attack by the enemy the lew to ctihr.tistccjjrien cannot fight on from another corhpeny of the came regiment 3»fl br.ttakqn 15th bavarian j jvery heavy intense enemy f.rc the cpmpeny in t s sector has comprcicly lost its fighting v_!uc t he men/left are co cjdia tsled thai they cannot to employed in fighting if the bfeavy artillery fire continues the corn p any will soon lt entirely cx re cf for the company i urgently rcqucrtecl from 2nd battalion tic 3rd battalion 16th bavarian infantry regiment ' the battalion has jus received or ders from lieut-col kr/nme that it is place d under orders of the third bat talion 16th bay ;■■;- raiment as c section of the reserve battalion it consists at the present lime of 3 offi cers 2 non-com officers and 19 men xtl v s t ~* three steamers si.ak london july 1 7.—lloyd's report ht british steamer euphorbia the italian steamer sirra and the steajner virginia probably british sunk deutschland trip is aired members of cannons fear it may cause anglo-american dispute july 1 7.---the question of the possibility of a dispute between britain and the united states over the status of the german commercial sub marine deutschland which arrived re cently in the united states was raised in the house of commons by john dil lon who asked lord robert cecil minister of war trade to present im mediately to parliament communica which have passed between the two governments and to undertake to keep the house fully informed of the course of negotiations on this mat ter lord robert replied that corres pondence was proceeding but that it was not in the public interest that it should be published now he would see that the suggestion to keep the house of commons informed of the course of negotiations should be fully considered will you see asked mr dillon that parliament is not committed tc a dispute with the united states with out the house of commons being given opportunity of discussing the whole subject lord robert replied i don't think the house would wish me to give such an undertaking ar that but i will present the suggestion to sir edward grey tototototototo bremen's destination kept deep secret berlin july 18.—the bremen re port printed abroad that the new sub marine bremen is proceeding to rio janiero is erroneous and it is believed the report was purposely circulated with the view of hiding her real destin ation the undersea boat bremen left the weser shortly after the deutsch land and strict secrecy has been main tained regarding her destination tototototototo germans capture neutral vessels london july 18.—an american four-masted schooner presumably lad en with petroleum and three danish steamers laden with pulp have been captured by german torpedo boats south of dragor denmark and taken into swinemunde says a despatch to reuters telegrahp co from copen hagen tototototototo floods recede raleigh july 17.—the flood waters which swept parts of north carolina south carolina virginia ' tennesee and west virginia yesterday taking toll of at least nine lives hundreds homeless and doing damage variously estimated at from ten mil lion to fifteen milliorf dollars were re ceding to-day claim tj-boat is a warship british and french embassies at wash ington make this declaration washington july 17.—both the br.tish and french embassies have made representations to the state de portment urging that the deuschland is a potential warship and not entitled to treatment in neutrah ports as a peaceful merchantman / the british statement of views is in writing but with the explanation that it was for the information of the united states and was not in the na ture of protest now that the department has rul ed formally that the submarine is entitled to recognition as a merchan man vessel it is understood that diplo matic representatives of the allies are awaiting instructions from the foreign offices tototototototo peace movement among hungarians london july 18.—count michael karolyi has resigned from the presi dency of the hungarian independent party according to a budapest de spatch to the morning post and will form a new party which will demand immediate peace between hungary and its enemies with or without the consent of germany and austria count karolyi is head of the peace party the despatch adds which will start with a membership of seventy members of the hungarian parliament tototototototo court dismisses casement appeal london july 18—casement's appeal has been dismissed on june 29 a jury found sir roger casement guilty on the charge that he did traitorously contrive and in tend to aid the enemy and the eng lish chief justice sentenced him to the traitor's death by hanging his lawyers entered an appeal from this verdict and sentence and the court has now dismissed the appeal huns whistle to encourage their people german gcncrrj staff says reports of allied snccc.sec merely fan tastic yarns " j ondon july 18—the gcrman^cn eral staff has issued an aafscal to the people of germany in the conduct o the faceording to ihc news . never has the odd experienced anything so stupendous as the present battles says the jtppeai and never an army braved/what ours has braved the appeal adds the enemy arc sending out every few hours claims to have taken villages woods and thous ands of prisoners reports that are no longer couched in the language of soldi ers but are fantastic hymns of victory that mock the truth in an effort to un dermine german confidence tototototototo » big captures by russians immense number of prisoners and booty taken in volhynia petrograd july 17.—1n volhynia east-south-east of suinuhi village our troops under general sakaro broke down the resistance enemy says a russian official report in battles in the region of pustomyty more than one thousand german and austrian prisoners have jfeen taken to gether with three light guns two heavy guns machine guns and much other military booty in the region of lower lipa out successful advance continues the ene my making stubborn resistance in battles in this region we took as pris oners 225 officers and 5,827 men we also captured 24 guns of which 12 were heavy pieces fourteen machine guns a few thousand rifles and other equipments we have captured in this vicinity 51 officers and 2,185 men the total number of prisoners taken to july 16th in the battles in volhynia are approximately 314 officers and 1237 men we captured 30 guns 17 were heavy pieces a great number of machine guns and other material tototototototo 70 u s concerns are blacklisted by british government london july 18.—the british gov ernment will publish a list from seventy to eighty business firms and als domiciled in the united states with which residents of the united king dom are forbidden trade this will be the first time any american firms have been placed on the statutory list which is better known as the trading with the enemy act or black list all other countries have been rcpre scnted on the list for some time tototototototo entertainment for colonials newfoundlanders and others overseas britain's guests of french govt daris,*juiy 17.—thirty-three mem * bers of the british colonial perlia ments from canada newfoundland australia new zealand and south africa arrived at paris to-day and will visit the british and french fronts each delegation will go to that sec tor of the front held by troops from its own colony canada's delegation consists of sena tors landry belcourt dennis ross sir george foster rhodes shepherd nickle and knowles the french government has arrang ed an elaborate reception for the visi tors premier briand will give a lun cheon for them tomorrow tototototototo shelled by u-boat new york july 18—members of the crew of the oil tank steamer lecoq sailing under the british flag from gib raltar declared the vessel was chased several miles by a submarnie which fired 50 shots at her two shells strik ing one tearing hole starboard side just below the bridge the other damag ing the foremast she exhibits a canvas patch on her starboard side starboard side well above the water line about ten feet long and five feet wide tototototototo the schr springdale has sailed from morcton's hr for halifax with 1000 bbls herring captain paul konig com mander of the german merchant submarine deutschland jj'he german u-boat which has just completed one of the most remarkable voyages since the days of co lumbus inaugurating a new era in sea transportation the deutschland left bremerhaven on june 14th and after laying over nine day.i at heligoland started on her voyage across the atla*ntic on june 23rd arriving at her destination baltimore on july 9th she travelled 4,100 miles in 16 days 1,800 miles under water she is commanded by captain faul k'onig two officers and 26 petty officers and men of the german merchant ma rine the deutschland is 315 feet long 30 feet beam and has a displacement of 791 tons her net tonnage is 41.1 her cargo was composed entirely of dyestuffs although she also carried one sack of mail for count yon bernstorlf german ambassador from a navy standpoint the boat was unarmed the only weapons carried being four automatic pistols and an ordinary sportsman rifle the latter being used for firing signal rockets late list of casualties 4 volunteers killed in action received 10 a.m july 18th 1916 ■ 250—pte michael joseph ross portugal cove unofficially re ported killed in action no date given 746—l sergt william oller head heart's content same as above 982—pte maxwell janes 13 barter's hill same as above 865—pte william morgan 42 alexander street same as above previously reported 11 9—pte william f hickey 38 flower hill admitted 3rd lon don general hospital wands worth 650—pte alex j myler 13 adel aide street same as above 1347__pte elias luff campbell ton n.d.8 same as above 1000—pte leonard hayley bonavista removed from ser ious list 919—pte david j furlong placentia off dangerous list july 16th ; 1620—pte samuel john learn ing 60 south side 16 casu alty clearing station—died of wounds july 4 411 pte donal9 fraser mc neil mcneil street as above died of wounds july 6 942—pte richard jos walsh bay bulls highbury v a d hospital birmingham—wound ed slightly 1814—pte kenneth j carter greenspond sth general hos pital rouen july 7th flesh wound 1288—pte richard ryan mel rose t 8 26th general hos pital etaples july 3rd.—gun shot wound arm 1000—pte leonard hayly bona vista now removed from the dangerous list john r bennett colonial secretary i allies make more gains << successes of the entente armies east and west follow each other with great rapidity—british continue their advance and russia scores more victories over the teutons daily cost of the war to britain is 6,000,000 ondon july 17.—the successes of the entente allies are following each other with great rapidity to-day brought further news of the allied of fensive a despatch from general haig to day shows that steady pressure by british arms is forcing an ever-deepen ing salient into the german lines and the commander-in-chief for the first time produces evidence in the shape of documents captured from the ger mans giving testimony as to the high price the germans are paying in cas ualties the british improved their posi tion along jjp whole of their line of battlefrontf capturing by assault 1500 yards of the german second line posi t'ons north of bazentine la petit wood strong german positions at waterloo farm between lougueal and g'uillc mont besides completing the capture of the whole of the villages of ovillers and la boiselle these gains bring the british almospt to the crest of the albert plateau where stretches the german third line news from the eastern front to-day is equally important the russian commander general kuropatkin has launched an offensive against field marshal yon hindenburg on the dvtna river general yon linsingen's troops southwest of lutsk have been com pelled to retire behind the lipa river while in the course of sunday's fight ing in volhynia the russians captured an additional 13,000 prisoners and 30 guns general yon linsingen's retirement according to petrograd military critics represents a great russian tactical suc cess it was preceded by heavy fight ing in which the russians smashed the teuton front on a width of a mile and penetrated several miles into their posi tions the war is now costing britain six million pounds daily but with such rews as the success of the entente allies this sacrifice is nowhere grudg ed while the powers of endurance of the teutonic allies should they be forced to act entirely on the defensive have still to be tested the british na tion is full of confidence it is tak ing nothing for granted but is fully prepared to acquiesce in the advice of its leading ministers like foreign sec retary grey and chancellor of the ex chequer mckenna who are publicly exhorting the nation to patience mr mekenna announced in in the house of parliament to-day that the daily cost of the war was six million pounds he told the house that no body could estimate what the nation's war expenditure might be a month ahead and intimated that it would be come necessary this week to ask par liament for fresh borrowing powers tototototototo 11,000 germans are prisoners british have also made big captures of hun big guns i ondon july 17.—a british official statement issued to-night reads rain and heavy mist again inter fered with operations nothing of im portance occurred on the british front to-day in local actions which have taken place we have captured some more prisoners the total number of unwounded german prisoners taken by us since july ist is 189 officers and 10,779 of other ranks german losses in artillery are greater than at first reported the captured armament already collected by our troops now include five 8-inch howitzers three 6-inch howitzers four 6-inch guns five other heavy guns 37 field guns 30 trench howitzers 66 machine guns and many thousand rounds of ammunition 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