St. John's Daily Star, 1916-08-04

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume ik 3.00 per annum friday august 4 191 price one cent no 180 casement executed liondon august 3 sir roger casement was hanged in the penton ville jail for high treason at 9 o'clock this morning he was pronounced dead nine minutes after nine a small crowd gathered in front of the building at n o'clock this morning re was keen excitement n a telegraph messenger rived at the prison gate an eleventh hour re c was speculated upon the death bell tolled a t eight minutes to nine and this was greeted with an out hurst it cheering which vfas repeated at intervals when the clang of the bell announc ed that the hanging was ov er many cheered while oth ers groaned father mccarrell who at tended sir roger cosement during hanging told the as sociated press that the con demned man met his death courageously casement went to his death like a brave and bold man said father mccar rell just before , the black cap was adjusted he said in a clear distinct and slow voice into thy hands o lord i commend my spirit then still standing at his full height he repeated jesus receive my soul " the trap hatch was sprung one minute after nine o'clock according to one of these present casements last words were 1 die for my country casement's offence clfaßgk—"high treas on in that he did adhere to the king's enemies else where than the king's realm to wit in the kmpire of ger many contrary to the treas on act 135 1 also that he did o ir casemeht appam restored to her british owners norfolk va july 22—federal judge waddell today decided thai the captured british liner appam should be restored to its former british owners the decision is against the german prze crew which captured ihc vessel and brought her to this poi the court held bc german govern ment lost all legal claim to rive appam and her cargo as prizes of war when l'eutenant and.his prize crew on february 1 last lweugjit them into the neutral waters of hamplep hoadj with che intention of laying up the ves sel indefinitely other salien features of the decis ion follow ihat the treaty of 1799 renewed in 28 docs nol apply or control in the case so as lo guarantee the prize ere v asylum in united states waters that the action ol the german prize court in declar ing the appara a prise wnii the case was in litigation in the united stales courts has no effect on the jurisdiction of the courts that the jurisdiction of the united states courts in the case is csablished by a long line of prece dents including several by the united states supreme court the court's conclusion the decis ion says is that the manner of brin ing the appam inro the waters of ne united states as vveil as her presence in those waters cons'jtuies a vjoiatidp of the neutrality of the united state that she came in without bidding l permission that she is here in of the law that she v/as unable i leave for lack of a crew which s cannot provide or augment withor ■'] further violation of neutrality that in her present condition she j without a lawful right to be and re main in these waters that she as be tween her captors and owners to all practical intents and purposes must be treated as abandoned and stranded upon our shores and that her owners are entitled to restitution of their pro perty which this court should award irrespective of the prize court proceed ings of the court of the imperial gov ernment of the german empire and it wihjbe so ordered the decision affects the cargo as well as the vessel principal pattles of the war charleroi august 21 1916 germans broke through french lines and belgium and invaded france tannenburg august 29 ' 1914—-y on hindenburg drove russians out of east prussia lemberg september 3 1914.—russian drive across galicia began marne september 5 and british drove germans from paris to the aisne flanders october.ls 1914.—battle began which pre vented germans from reaching calais dttnajec may 3 1915 austro-germans began to drive russians out of galicia warsaw aug 4 1915.—germans complete defeat of russian army along the vistula danube oct 6 1915 austrq-german campaign against servia begun ctesiphon deq 1 j915 british forced to retreat be fore bagdad dorian dec 12 1915 bulgarians complete con quest of servian macedonia gallipoli jan 9 1916 evacuation by british army completed verdun feb 23 1916 germans began their offen sive against french meuse lines trebizond april 17 1916.—russians conquered ma jor part of eastern asia minor kut-el-amara april 29 1916 british bagdad army surrendered to turks jutland may 31 1916 german battlefleet engaged british dreadnoughts and returned to german base somme july 1 1916 anglo-french major offensive began zeppelin fleet raided eastern english coast six airshops conduct bomb-dropping expedition — no casualties reported so far londqn aug 3.—several hostile , airships attacked the eastern and south-eastern counties last night the first reports were received at mid night from these it seems that not less than six airships attacked the coun ties of norfolk suffolk and essex more or less simultaneously the raid lasted about an hour and a half except at one point the raiders did not penetrate very far inland but con tented themselves with dropping a few bombs at a time on widely distant lo cations mainly near the sea several bombs are reported to have fallen into the sea anti-aircraft guns came into action in one locality but the raider there at tacked made good his escape in con junction with this attack one airship was seen making for the coast of cent many observers report that a second airship followed the first from the number of bombs dropped in these attacks it makes the statement appear quite possible that anti-aircraft guns came into action one or two hits were claimed against the first raider a total number of eighty bombs has been accounted for up to date includ ing those seen falling into the sea the military object of the raid is not apparent state to aid dependants of the slain british government provides large sum for families of those killed in great war l ondon aug 3.—parliament will next week be asked to vote 8,000 000 including 1,000,000 already vot ed to provide the full estimated cost of supplimentary pensions for widows and bereaved dependents of non-com missioned officers and men and for par tially-disabled non-commissioned offi cers and men this sum william hayes fisher parliamentary secretary of the local government board explained to the house to-day estimates the number of deaths at not exceeding 220,000 but if the number exceeded this the amount would be increased propor tionately an additional grant would be made for officers and men whose general circumstances warranted assistance navy of britain decisive factor british naval power i starving the german j into surrender—ba four refers to some ck its achievements 1 ondon august 4.—first lord 1 the admiralty a j balfour hi i issued a statement for publication j i the course of which he says the secoiil anniversary of the british declarati(&i of war provides a fitting opportunity for a brief survey of the present navtl situation the consequences material ij moral of the jutland batji cannot rjfc easily overlooked diplo matist assured me thfat he considered the turning point or the war tide whic had long ceased to help our enemies began frprff that moment and flow stronglv>ln our favor %' this much at least is true that every week which has passed since tljfc german fleet were driven damaged iif to port has seen new successes for thj»f allies in one part or other of the fie|s of operations it would be an errqf however to suppose that the victory-changed the situation whatsit did was to confirm it still in prison before the jutland battle as a faiss the german fleet was imprisoned the , battle was an attempt to break the bars and burst the confining gates it failed and with its failure the his|h seas fleet sank again into impotence the germans claim jutland as a vjjc tory buj in essence they admit the coij trary since the object of a navaj battle is to obtain command of the seas it is certain germany has not ob tained that command while britain has not lost it tests of this assertion afe easy to apply has the grip of the british blocka(|e relaxed since may 31st has it not ii the contrary tightened the germans themselves will admit the increasing difficulty of importing raw materials and food stuffs and of exporting maou factures hence the violence of their invectives against britain 1 german boastings mr balfour t rgues that had they ftffl tfiemselves on the way to maritu c equality the germans would not so loudly advertized the deutsch!a#d incident the whole interest of which,%|n the german eyes was to prove ability to elude the barrier raised 4>y the british fleet between them and ie outer world as a further proof of the importance of the german fleet mr " balfour points to the ever-increasing flow r>f men and munitions from england pour ing across the channel to france it has reached colossal proportions ad'jl continued its effects on the war nil well be decisive yet never has it been securer from attack by enemy battle ships or cruisers than since the german victory off jutland view the map the first lord refers to the german exhortations to look at the map and see the extent of german successes and adds that depends on what maps late list of casualties killed in action july ist 1018—corporal herbert taylor 152 casey street 1268—pte lawrence j fewer placentia - j 1550—pte william fry charjfes ton 8.8 i 1589—pte stanley s pinsent musgrave harbour 1690—pte william g perran 44 mullock street 1725—pte samuel luff campbell ton n.d.b / previously reported 1683—pte john c short hermi tage cove f 8 dangerously ill 12th stationary hospital st pol—gunshot wound arm and leg 1558—pte robert hillier new harbour t 8 charing cross hospital london — gunshot wound fractured femur carry on with it citizens of st john's at public meeting afr firm determination to help wage war to a successful issue large and representative gather ing of citizens assembled in the court house square at noon today to commemorate the second anniversary of the war by the adoption of a reso lution of determination to continue to a victorious end the struggle in main tenance of liberty and justice on the steps of the court house were his excellency the governor and lady davidson mr h c thompson his lordship bishop jones his honor mayor gosling and the city council lors hon mr justice johnson hon j r bennett acting premier the mem bers of both branches of the legisla ture the executive of the patriotic association major montgomerie nfld regiment several of the city clergy the city press and other representative jitizens on the arrival of his excellency a company of volunteers and squad of reservists lined up in the square pre sented arms while the c.c.c band played the national antherij then came the address of the mayor who spoke as follows second anniversary this said his worship the mayor is the second anniversary of that fate ful day when the british nation found itself forced to take up arms and to join its allies—france and russia—in the great struggle which now convul ses the world 1 . j the question has been continually asked—why was this so why should we have taken part and many ans wers have been given it has been said that we did so be cause of the violation by germany of treaties to which we were party—that jt was in order to give assistance to our allies—and again because of the necessity of self-preservation—bpt when all these reasons are examined jt will be found that they have a com mon origin and that the cause of our participation in the struggle lies far deeper opposed ideals i it is now realized that two great and diametrically opposed systems of gov ernment and of life had arisen in the yorld on the one side there were british freedom and french liberte and equalite and on the other there was german kultur , the former re verences respects and encourages in dividualism which the essence of the latter is the submersion of the indi vidual in the state on the one hand there is the great hearted geenrous perhaps too easy going self government which prevails in the british empire on the other there is state despotism under a rul er who has been for a generation fash ioning a weapon with which he calcu lated to subordinate the whole of europe clash inevitable it was obvious perhaps it was fore ordained that a clash between two such different systems of government continued on page 6 continued on page 2 continued on page 6 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j another big shipment i summer f oodsi fancy dress voiles ) \ 20c to 25c ]| " "\ percales j \ 16c to 18c j " "\ cheviots f \ 15c to 16c i " " ginghams i 1 15c to 16c it lawns lota cloths j cambrics etc f all to be cleared out ii at marvelously j low prices i bowrin6 brothers j limited jj i poultry keepers ; george knowling has just retedyed a shipment of j i lay or bust dry mash j oyster smell i usual low prices george knovling ! ju1y22,25,28,3i,aug3