St. John's Daily Star, 1917-03-07

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 111 3.00 per annum wednesday march 7 1917 price one cent no 54 plenty food in gt britain as answer to germany's contention that the submarines are starving out great britain neutral newspaper men are permitted to view british reserve stocks and behold british shipping activities british ports are as busy as in piping peace times wew york march 6.—the london 1 correspondent of the sun cables his er this morning as follows as an answer to germany's conten that her submarines are starving cat britain the government took a party of neutral correspondents on a three days tour of the greatest mercan tile shipping centres of the kingdom liverpool manchester and london the correspondents were permitted to c . everything miles of docks filled h shipping unloading from all quar of the world or loading for out d voyages nowhere was there any nee hat the submarines are keep ships in port hundreds of vessels r seen constantly coming and going ply laden with the necessities of war life immense warehouses in liverpool hester and london were inspected detail showing unbelievable stores ( meat grain and sotton the most impressive feature was the complete frankness marking the expen se nothing was concealed and were no restricted zones all stions were answered t v 1 iw ~*> naval aeroplanes bomb german blast furnaces london march 6.—naval airplanes tf opped many heavy bombs on blast : naces at brebaach in the sarbrue district of rheinish prussia on says an official statement iss ued today all the airplanes returned safely ~\ ~\ hk hk hk il legal investigation washington march s.—authority to merchant ships for defence against tan submarines was under consid on to-day by attorney general ory and secy of state lansing sufferings in belgium ever-increasing need for comforts horror and anguish of deporta tions by germans i ondon march 6.—one of the most prominent men left in belgium has sent the following message to the as sociated press we have an ever-increasing need for comforts for we are suffering much from the extraordinary cost of all food stuffs added to the deportations with all their horror and anguish despite all the belgian people re main patient the stand they have taken on the whole is worthy of much admiration repatriated men who were deport ed return worn out and exhausted but they tell us that the greater number have refused even under stress of hun ger cold and even blows to sign an agreer\eht to work for the enemy is that not heroic fc~fc hkhk hk hk hk congress to meet again extra session necessary to cope with important legislation that was left untouched washington march 7.—an extra session of congress not later than june now is generally conceded among officials here to be assured although president wilson has not given any definite indication that he has already abandoned the hope that an extra session may be avoided there is an almost unanimous sentiment among senators representatives and officials of executive departments that one must be called they declare that even if the inter national situation does not demand it congress must come back to complete its legislative programme and fill up th gaps in the government's financial scheme caused by the failure to pass some more important appropriation measures . • hkhkhkhf hahahk the members of the w c t u wiil meet at the seamen institute to morrow afternoon sympathise with wilson president wibon's inaugural address is featured by the london news papers which express regret that a small section of the senate has the power to prevent him taking de cisive action anticipate an eventual triumph for the president ondon march 5-president wil son's inauguration address and his statement in reference to obstructive tactics employed in the senate fill an important part of the news columns of the morning papers and are comment ed on with general sympathy for the president's difficulties in the present crisis the situation is compared to that in which lincoln delivered his second in augural address the post which sees a triumph for president wilson in the readiness of the great majority of congress to con fer the powers which he asks says pres ident wilson has proven that with all his tact and caution he can act with instant resolution when the occasion a rises the express says that the presi dent's call to his fellow-countrymen is an inspiration to the allies the times while expressing appro bation of president wilson's definition of the things for which america stands thinks nevertheless that elevated as they are they need a great deal of definition and expansion before they can serve even in outline as the found ation of a practical world policy ?*, ~& ha hk'hk hk election in australia premier hughes decides to appeal to the country london march 6.—a general elec tion is to be held in australia accord ing to an exchange telegraph despatch from melbourne premier hughes the despatch says announced to the house that owing to the activities of the opposition his government had decided to appeal to the electors after the passage of bills giving votes to soldiers ratifying the tariff and excluding alien enemies from the franchise on account of this situation he said is was impossible for him to leave for the imperial conference soon to be held in london late list of casualties 220 jorp michael conran \ ood l'ord station c b wounded dan gerously gunshot wound's neck chest f nl arm casualty clearing station march 3rd 1038 private thomas p hafey pleasant st at ist general hos pital etretat feb 24 gunshot wound hand slight 2152 prijate john v rand falls at 12th general hospital rouen feb 26 suffering from gas poison severe ? 35 corp john j sheehan _ howe place at 12th general hospital rouen feb 26 suffering from gas poison severe 2320 sergt alan r clouston 95 for est road at sth southern gener al hospital portsmouth appendi citis slight previously report ed seriously ill rouen feb 5111 n y d off serious list feb 15 the following admitted wansworth 2460 private william lidstoile petit forte p b bronchitis and earny gitis 1994 sergt g;eorge h parsons 69 springdalc street appendicitis j r bennett colonial secretary huns attack the french near verdun are repulsed paris march 6.—fighting in the re gion of courieres wood and douau mont northeast of verdun continued last night the germans made an at tempt to drive the french from the trenches the latter recaptured yesterday the war office announcement stated to day that this effort failed hk hz hk ha ha hk hk orduna reaches liverpool new york march 6.—the cunard liner orduna which left here february 24th for liverpool arrived safety to day liner appam restored to british owners british owners won supreme court of u s restores liner appam to old ownership washington march 6.—british claimants of the german prize-ship appam at newport news va today won their suit in the supreme court to regain possession of the vessel and cargo in sustaining the british libel attach ments and suit again the appam and her cargo the court held their owners are entitled to restitution because the appam violated american neutrality the treaties of 1799 and 1828 be tween the united states and germany the court held do not entitle german prizes unaccompanied by the captor warship to an indefinite american asy lum the jurisdiction of the american court over the appam was upheld and the finding oi federal judge waddil of virginia that the appam violated am erican neutrality after being brought to hampton roads a year ago by capt hans berg and a german prize crew was sustained and approved by the court breach of neutrality german prize crew acted illegally american court says washington marcn 6—ln unanim ous opinion the supreme court of the united states today decreed the re storation to her english owners of the liner appam and cargo brought into hampton roads by a prize-crew from the german raider moewe the ship and cargo valued at be tween three and four million dollars must be delivered withon 30 days as the court's order is final american neutrality was violated by bringing the appam into hampton roads the court says neither the an cient treaties relied upon by lt berg the german prize commander the hague convention nor the declaration of london entitles any belligerents to make american ports places for deposit of the prizes and spoils of war under such circumstances mmmm mmm the bowring coaster portia capt parsons was storm-bound at rose blanche yesterday the storm was the severest for the winter at that place brought in by prize crew liner appam wa captured by ger man raider moewe norfolk march 6.—the liner ap pam which was brought into hamp ton rdads a year ago by a german prize crew is tied at the dock here in the custody of the state's marshal lieut hans berg the prize com mander anct crew were removed from the vessel'by-the marshal's orders on feb 3 the day diplomatic relations were severed they have since been removed to philadelphia and interned at the time the appam was brought into the american port and the british laid claim to the vessel lieut berg declared he would take the vessel to sea and blow it up rather than surrend er the liner to his country's enemies as far as is known no damage has been done the ship nor had any step been taken to disable the machinery when the german crew were removed mmmmmmm new york march 6 a despatch from rome says mrs ross parolin a sister of the late pope pius x died to day only minor operations much activity prevails in the somme and ancre regions of france but operations are entirely of a local nature—london reports gains for british in raiding attacks—german attack at verdun failure russians inflict another defeat on turkish forces ondon march 7.—fighting con tinues to prevail in various sectors of the somme and ancre fronts in france and north and south of the ancre the london war office reports the british have made gains in the re gion north of puisieux au mont and later northwest of isles and east of bouchavesnes in the somme sector the british report raiding a german trench and scattering german . forces which were massing for a counter-at tack berlin on the other hand reports the repulse of a british attack east of bou chavesnes which was delivered after heavy artillery preparation it is probable the german official communication refers to the engage ment on monday while the british com munication specifically mentions early tuesdoy morning as the time of the successful raid near verdun between les cham brettes and bezonvaux violent artillery duels are in progress attempts by the germans to evict the french from re captured positions north of courieres wood failed according to paris the russians near brzezany gali cia and in the wooded carpathians near the north of roumania have de livered attacks against the austro-ger mans but in each case met with re pulse says berlin further progress for the russians in the persian theatre is recorded by . petrograd the villages of hussenea bad and chariak have been evacuated by the turks who are retreating from byar southwest of hcvrnactantthe rh , have attacked the turks who are hold ing a strategic summit there is still no change in the situa tion in the austro-italian and mace donian theatres where artillery duels and small infantry attacks continue austria's reply to the united states request for information as to austria's stand with regard to unrestricted sub marine warfare has been received through unofficial sources while the , note says austria strictly adheres to the assurance already given that the austro-hungarian government is es sentially in accord with the american government with regard to the protec tion of neutrals against endangering their lives it asserts neutrals will have to bear all the losses they suffer by entering territory where warlike actions are taking place w ~& hk hk ha v newfoundlander decorated in hospital lieut-general sir francis lloyd commander of the london district pre sents medals to men of the newfoundland contingent at the third london general hospital wandsworth general lloyd is here seen decorating ser geant morrissey with the military med-al hardships of neutrals blockade orders interfering seriously with trade of neutrals many of whose sfaip are tied up in port at new york awaiting sailing or ders—american line ships skip eight sailing dates holland suffering most has 25 steamers held up york march 6—(by associat ed press as a direct result of the german blockade decree of jan 31st which also closed to neutral shipping the british ports of kirkwell and fal mouth fifty-three steamers of ameri can swedish dutch and norwegian register have been prevented from sail ing from the port of new york ox hay ing sailed are now tied up for an inde finite time at halifax for examination according to the figures compiled here today by shipping authorities these ships had they sailed as scheduled would have taken from this port ap 296,000 tons of cargo fourteen vessels would have carried passengers and united states mails the heaviest sufferer has been hol land agents of lines flying the dutch flag reported to-day that twenty-live ships which would have sailed under conditions prevailing prior to feb 1 are tied to their docks or have been de layed at halifax ten freight ships of neutral nations classed as tramps are held here awaiting orders for sailing the american line which now has its entire fleet of six passenger ships in port has missed eight sailing dates ail passenger traffic with europe . other than that carried by vessels of tha entente allies and spain has been sus pended the same conditions are prevailing for west bound traffic the number of ships of the entente departing from new york during the period from feb ist to march sth is shown by the port records to be twenty ships less than sailed between dec 2 k ) and j any 31 crippled by sailors machinery of hun vessels at honolulu is also damaged honolulu march 6.—german mer chant steamers taking refuge in this port were under orders of the harbor commission here today to leave their piers and anchor outside the harbor it was said the order was issued to guard against possible damage of the vessel if they continued to tie at the pier as the machinery on each of the slea i mers has been disabled they will have to be towed to their anchorage hkhkhkhah&hk will be tried on charge of plotting premier's death london march 6,—trial of the four persons charged with conspiring arder premier david lloyd geor ge and arthur henderson began today at the old bailey before justice low ilulmli'kllhmlll miiimimiii ■■■»■ _»__ 163 i cases more | of the | famous 6 f g ( rubber boots & shoes ( for men women & children j get a pair at once | the season demands it i 1 bowring bros ltd 1 ee grßead the daily star j sealfishery i v , ; » | crews for bloodhound | will be signed on the 6th i and for 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