St. John's Daily Star, 1918-05-21

              the st john's daily star newfoundland 3.00 per annum tuesday may 21 1918 probs w to n winds mostly fair no 115 volume iv germans planned to use coast of ireland bases for operations of their submarine squadrons with co-operation of sinn fein organisation 37 killed in hun raid considerable damage and many injured in largest air raid carried out over england this year raiders unable to reach london ondon may 20.—more deaths aid injuries to innocent inhabi tails of london were caused in the germafl air raid tast night than any jah this year except that of january 58 people were killed and this was the sixth raid o the -!'• the last o.ne having been msr iv on march 7th provinces got off lightly as virtually all the bonjbs drop ped outside of london having fallen into open places in fact it appeared as though the raiders on being foiled ii attempt to reach london,'got their bombs iri spots where it was impossible to do serious damage thi however could not have been knm\n hy them as they were flying a a great height had a splendid view of an aerial fight which resulted fatally to pi;c of the raiders his machine fell in fiames to the accompaniment ci heen of the watchers sons were injured in the | i he casualties are divid iws london and the i . police district—killed • c:nc:i 6 children total .- men 83 women 49 - ' 155 provinces - ■. - 1 women 3 chii ■■'.- sidcrable damage ■ . d to have been a ancrs ol war in england are allowed to purchase of tobacco p veek sub damaged and interned spanish cruiser guards u-39 which was damaged in battle madrid sunday may 19.—the u-39 is in a seriously damaged con dition as a result of a battle an other submarine accompanied the u-boat as far as the entrance to the port and then disappeared the u-39 is 220 feet long and car ries a crew of thirty men the crew has been forbidden by the authorities to communicate with ihe shote the interned submarine is being guarded by the spanish cruiser extramandura swiss-german treaty 200,000 tons of coal monthly from germany berne saturday may 18.—the terms of the new treaty between ger many and switzerland are applicable for nine months with the proviso that they may be abrogated by cither party upon two montns notice they provide for the monthly ex port from germany into switzerland of 200,000 tons of coal and 19,000 tons of iron and steel the price of the coal is to be at a minimum of 173j francs for all but sixty thou sand tons for small consumer rupx>n which the price will be reduced by forty francs pro-allied demonstration czechs and jugoslavs parade bohe mias capital shooting for allies london may 20.—a state of siege has been proclaimed at prague the bohemian capital by the police and the military garrison has been rein forced these counter-measures according to an exchange telegraph despatch from zurich followed demonstratrons of an anti-german character in which czechs and jugoslavs paraded thru the streets shouting long live lloyd george wilson and clemen ceau battle-scarred vindictive after she led the british raid on u-base ( this photograph just received shows the famous old british cruiser vindictive after she returned from the raid on zeebrugge api^l 23 note how she's battered she had led the brisish raiding ships in the successful blocking attack on the u-boat base and there was hardly a foot of her old hull that didn't bear scars from the german shells poured a her hardly anyone thought she d come through it she was an obsolete ship but she did . she had performed gallantly now her fighting days were over—every body knew that—and the london papers talked about bringing her up the themes for public inspection but the vindictive wasn t through—she had no intention of becoming a relic to be stared at by a curious public s*e had another good fight left in hei this time she wasn't to land fighting men or even fire guns she was to end her existence fw her country so she was stuffed with con crete fitted with bombs escorted in the darkness to ostend another submarine rathole and sunk to the entrance blocking the barbo and bottline ud the u-boats inside zeebrugge is still blocked air reconnaissances show that ships at zeebrugge are inactive london may 20.—the recent fine weather says an official statement is sued today by the british admiralty has enabled constant air reconnais sance over bruges and the zeebrugge canal to be made and photos to be taken the results shows no change has taken place since april 23 and that a greater part of the enemy's sijl marines and torpedo craft based on the flanders coast has been immob ilized at bruges since the zeebrugge blocking operations ■** hun artillery more lively attempted enemy raid north of hinges repulsed with losses london may 20.—the german artillery developed increased activity last night along the front between albert and bucquoy the war office announces the statement follows we captured a few prisoners yes terday as a result of a successful raid carried out in the albert sector a raid attempted by the enemy north of hinges was repulsed with heavy losses to the hostile raiding party the hostile artillery activity increased considerably last night on the albert-bucquoy front m m ■ •— 12 kilted in tornado omaha neb may 20.—a torna do at bloomfield nebraska on sat urday night killed 12 and injured 25 it was learned today when com munication was established with the town advance in mesopotamia paris delayed french and italian troops have made an advance of twenty kilometres twelve and a half miles on the west end of the macedonian front the war office an nounced tonight . ■ ■ american steamer sank washington d c may 20.—the american cargo steamer j g mc cullough has been sunk by a mine or torpedo in foreign waters the navy department today was advised it was reported that all hands were saved except engineer daughtry — - —■ ■ ■ active artillery fighting paris may 20.—active artillery | fighting near hangard on the front , before amiens is reported in today's < official statement northwest of | rheims a french detachment pene , trated to the third german line tak ■ ing prisoners •■ — ■ ,: america's war expenditure amounts • to about 1,000,000,000 a month sydney mines is scene of railroad accident engineer victom loses both legs—stanley safe in part after perilous experience fiorth sydney may 16.—a dis tressing accident occurred in the canadian government railway yard at sydney mines this morning a double-header freight had ar rived from sydney westbound with engineer james mcpherson of syd ney at the throttle when the tram stopped engineer mcpherson got out to inspect or pack a hot box under the engine other members of ti.e train crew were not aware of his intention and somebody set the engine in motion with the result that poor mcpherson lost his right leg and left foot he was at once rushed to harbor view hospital but it is not thought he will survive stanley safe in port north sydney may 14.—the do minion government steamer stanley which reached port last week with her rudder-stock gone is still in port awaiting orders ' the accident occurred about 25 miles northeast of east point and very cautious manoeuvering was ne cessary to bring her through the heavy ice pack which extended to within eight miles of low point the captain a»d officers are deserving of much credit for bringing their ship in het disabled condition safely to port the town council of sydney mines has passed the estimate for the year on a total assessment of 2,273,125 which will give a revenue of about 104,500 the rate has been in creased from 2 to 2.60 per cent teachers and other civic employees receive a substantial increase of sal ary the poll tax still remains at fife dollars it is now considered certain that a satisfactory adjust ment of the assessment tangle has been reached between the town and the n s steel and coal co at a conference last week between a special committee of the town council and president crockard and directors n b mckelvie and w b ross of the company it was agreed that the town would accept the pro position of the company—to pay taxes on an assessment of one mill lion dollars which is nearly twice the amount of the original assess ment and four thousand dollars in excess of the amount which the com pany voluntarily agreed to be taxed on since 1912 and which held good until two years ago when the first protest against their assessment was made by mayer mccormack and his council the agreement recently reached is a compromise on the part of the town but one generally acceptable to the citizens the shortage of revenue and litigation for the past two years having held up some very necessary improvements about the first mat ter to receive attention is the erec tion of another school building the present accommodation being alto gether inadequate for the steadily increasing number of scholars y m c a campaign the campaign for raising funds for the y m c a overseas work is in full swing and judging by re ports coming in from different parts of cape breton the amount prom ises to be much more than was ex pected to be subscribed in each dis trict rev dr mcgrath of st john's who was visiting in halifax and up per canadian cities spent a few days in town last week en route to his home the will of the late j f merchant of sydney who died recently has been admitted to probate the es tate is valued at 21,000 frank and v w merchant are the execu tors magistrate w r hearn of sydney has recently been appointed assistant superintendent of neglected and de linquent children in nova scotia his headquarters will be in sydney such an official is badly needed in cape breton owing to the cosmopolitan population around the industrial plants magistrate hearn has had much experience with delinquent children in his court and is well qualified for the position gets service medal the imperial service medal has lately been awarded to conductor d mcdonald of sydney a retired civil servant who for many years was an employee of the intercolonial rail way this decoration is awarded to those who have completed long periods of public service with a good record there is another reason why con ductor mcdonald should be com mended evefta decoration would not be out of order he is the father of eight boys seven of whom are in khaki two have returned through wounds received in flanders the remaining five are in canada eng land and france either training for or engaged in actual conflict the eighth boy is but 17 years old his youth being the only impediment to his being with his brothers though a resident of cape bret on for many years conductor mc donald is a native of prince edward [ continued on page 2 germans issue secret letter advises people little relief to be expected from ukraine moscow may 20—(via reuters ottawa agency.)-—the bolshevist press bureau publishes a secret cir cular which the german government addressed to all newspapers in ger many stating that the german com missioners had convinced themselves that the dearth of supplies of cereals in the ukraine was owina to insuffi cient sowing last year and that small owners were secreting supplies the peasants of the ukraine are nearly all armed and anti-german it rs possible that greater supplies may be discovered in the course of the germans further advance and that better results may be obtained by armed force but any hoped for im provement in germany's food sup plies is extremely problematical mine at port au port ton deposits to be developed during present season messrs thompson brothers who are about to operate the iron deposit c.t bluff head port au port have had a couple of loading scows built here this winter mr m f hayes of stephenville who was to canada and the united states purchasing goods returned a few days ago and looks well after his trip miss lizzie dv bourdien of port au port stenographer and typist with the cook construction co of halifax arrived last week on a visit to her parents rev mr butler of sandy point accompanied by the rev mr bayley of bonavista passed through here on tuesday last on a visit to port au port the patriotic spirit so much in evi cence here since the beginning of the war shows no sign of diminishing and whenever an opportunity occurs it never fails to manifest itself outgoing volunteers soldiers on leave of absence or returning to head quarters all get a hearty reception and warm welcome here and in the matter of procuring comforts for the boys at the front why this little set tlement can give points to others of much greater pretensions and win ev ery time stephenville may 15 1918 « m ■ first american ace killed paris may 20.—major raoul luf bcrty the first american ace to be killed as the result of an aerial fight was buried today with full military honors by the french and anr i n detachments one hundred acres under potatoes will feed over 400 people for a year huns sent money to sinn feiners for revolution british newspapers declare there is con clusive evidence of treasonafeleractfvi ties on the part of sipn fein leaders important information was sent to the germans from ireland six of men now in custody are members of parliament ondon may 20—the times says it understands the government will publish immediately part of the evi dence against the sinn feiners ar rested in ireland and that its auth enticity is unquestionable it is very necessary that this be done the times continues if only to dispel the clouds of sensational rumor which gathered last week the arrests are only the preliminary steps and the government will be well ad vised to disclose at the earliest time the substance of the evidence on which they were made and to follow them up with formal processes unnecessary delay would be a real misfortune thousands of irish dupes should know immediately by unquestionable proof that they are unwilling instruments of a movement supported by german gold it is na tural to suppose that men who find they had been duped will be eager to wipe out the stain on ireland's fair name 1 o using every artifice according to the mail it has been dear for months past that germany has been using every artifice not only to foster rebellion in ireland but also to use ireland as a base of organised i espionage and submarines against the i atlantic mercantile marine it asserts that germany sent money fo the sinn feiners that important in formation was conveyed to germany and that submarines received fuel and oil from the sinn feiners no fresh developments on sunday in the sinn fein affair have'been re ported very few news telegrams are crriving from dublin but they report everything quiet at least outwardly members of parliament arrested with the arrest of count plunkett four of the six sinn fein members of parliament are under arrest the ether two are dr mccaten who is in washington and lawrence ginnell who is serving six months sentence in mount joy prison among others under arrest are charles collins and christopher mil lins who are charged with unlawful possession of explosives at brittas a few miles outside dublin fearder cthourihane and james o'brien editor and manager of the skibbereen southern star also are in custody vice-president morris and the re maining heads of the sinn fein or ganisation have issued a reply to trie proclamation which the british gov ernment published saturday the re ply says that anticipating such ac tion the standing committee of the sinn fein nominated substitutes to carry on the movement during the en forced and what must be temporary exile of our leaders others will take their place the country may rest assured it adds that no matter how many of the leaders may be arrested there will be men and women to take their places ah that we need is to con tinue to follow the last advice of frof devalera namely to remain calm and confident the sinn feiners have nominated prof john mcneill and alderman kellv a well-known member of the dublin corporation to the places in the organisation made vacant through he arrest of prof devalera and arthur griffiths won't be tried a dublin despatch to the daily news says comment here is apt to centre on the fact that the prisoners if such they can be cahed for it is believed internees would be x more accurate wokl have not been called to answer to any charge i have reason for stafting they will not be brought before any tribunal civil or military the government in tends to exercise fully unlimited un defined powers under the defence of the realm act which apparently will allow them to keep the arrestees in custody upon suspicion during the king's pleasure according to the legal phrase his widow arrested belfast may 20.—maude conna mcßride widow of major john mc bride who was executed in may 1916 for the part taken by him in the dublin uprising on the easter of that year has been arrested sinn fein demonstration ' dublin may 20.—a sinn fein demonstration today at cootenill east caven was attended by 6,000 persons among the speakers were two priests the sinn feiners bore a banner inscribed they may kill our leaders but they cannot kill the sinn fein inter-allied conference representatives of allied nations to discuss after-the-war problems london may 20 via reuters ot tawa agency the inter-allied con ference on the care after the war of disabled soldiers and sailors opened today in london with delegates pres ent from england belgium france italy portugal serbia united states siam canada australia new zea land south africa and india john hodge minister of pensions presided h r h duke of con naught opened the conference on be half of his majesty and said they were all united to bring light on the subject and discuss all that is new and scientifically possible to alleviate the suffering of those who had given their health and blood for home and country 1 « french troops make advance capture ah objectives over a front of four thousand yards london may 20—(official)—dur ing the night the french troops car ried out successful operations east and of locre all their ob jectives were gained on a front of some four thousand yards and over four hundred prisoners were cap tured local fighting occurred early trits morning north of albert as a resujt of which a few of our men are miss ing a party of our troops rusted a german post east of hebnterne and captured a few prisoners and two ma chine guns the hostile artillery has show con siderable activity today with gai shells in tlte section north of betrunre •■ m * it costs 2,000,000 to tectp up british lighthouses each year i when you do go 1 ! overseas | i % i don't 4 - / i f leave to / ! ! your fafiily / f ! the unpleasant duty | j of explaining ! i why / | | you were / i ! forced^tp i ! go as a conscript i i x | why | | notgq | | now i i as a volunteer ? | i ~ ~~ i j . this space given by-bowring bros ltd * 4