St. John's Daily Star, 1916-08-17

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 11 3.00 per annum thursday august 17,1916 price one cent no.jjf/y forces of allies take three miles or hun trenches anglo-french forces make big gains on an extensive front at maurepas in the region of the somme penetrated ene my lines to a depth of 500 yds many german soldiers ' were taken prisoners london au ptich and british strik ing with terrific force in directions on the som me have stormed near ly tl ro miles oi german trenches driving forward at poinfs to a depth of 300 to 50 1 y<in the most important gaftis vsicrc made by the brit ish a iid french troops strik ing north from a point where the allies lines meet positions flanked maurepas and cjery two of the most important points hold by lie germans in this sector have been flanked on both ides according to an official statement issued by paris the road has also been reached between maurepas and guillemont the latter i town being the immediate ob jeetive of the british this advance if maintain ed brings the allies directly i m front of the large railroad town of combles french gains south ff the somme the french stormed the german trendies over a length of about three-fourths of a milc driving forward in a souther ly direction from belloy-en santerre paris reports a consider able number of prisoners was taken in these operations for the first time in many days no important action is reported from the russian front and the same dearth of news prevails with regard to i the italian operations . germans at trieste the most interesting item of news regarding the italian advance against trieste is contained in a news despatch from milan which says ger man troops are being employ ed in the defence of the big austrian port if corroborated this means italy and germany will at last enter an active stage of war f vi m w m i jamaica swept by a hurricane considerable damage is done to the banana crop gingston ja aug 16.—a hurri cane which struck the eastern coast of jamaica last night resulted in con siderable damage to the banana plan tations but as far as can be consider ed the cocoa nut trees and sugar canes are not seriously affected wires in all directions from kingston are down no details have been re ceived from the north and west coast of the island several coasting vessels and light ers were driven ashore in kingston harbour two were drowned damage done to buildings was slight ytk ia 2 u-boat freighters make their trial trips london august 16.—two new ger man submarines of very large size will ; depart shortly for america according . to a central news despatch from the hague it is said the submarines made their trial trip off heligoland hk sfc 1 pfc 2 naval engagements reported from holland amsterdam august 16.—two en counters between british and german warships were observed from flushing holland last night according to a de spatch from flushing today to the lelegraaf threatened strike is averted by wilson washington aug 16.—president wilson late to-day completed a defi nite plan for settlement of the threat ened railroad strike which he will sub mit to-morrow to a general committee of 640 representatives of employees and managers the plan involves ac ceptance of the basic eight-hour day with regular pay for overtime and in vestigation by a committee into the other issues consolidating gains r london august 16.—with the ex ception of minor infantry engagement in the vicinity of pozieres where our no change between the ancre and the line is being consolidated there was somme the war office report of to day says allies gain in balkans paris august 16—the allied forces at salonika front captured the rail road station of dorien and four vil lages at other points on the front ac cording to an official statement issued by the french war office tonight * the statement covers continuous fighting extending from august ist to the present time havoc of u-boats berlin aug 16—an officiar report issued today says that during july sev enty-four merchant-men belonging to the entente allies were sunk by ger man andj|j»trian submarines and i mines tha fbips had a 4ota ' t nna s e °» 103,000 the s.s meigle's mail for labrador closes at 5 o'clock this evening the funeral of a pres ident above catafalque being carried by native bearers below ttian chi jui premier of china in uniform at left with mem bers of staff who marched directly behind the catafalque containing body o,f yuan shi kai the funeral procession which was attended"w'bthciarrepre sentatives of vli the nations was helxpbehind the-walls of tartar in china's forbidden city throughout the world yuan was respected by foreign go ernments mainly through his expert handling of the difficult chinese situa tions which have followed one another in recent years in rapid succession diplomats pay impressive tribute to the memory of yuan shai kai late president of china italian king visits gorizia victor emmanuel under fire encour ages his brave troops rorizia august 16.—although the city is still under bombardment by long-range austrian guns king victor emmanuel stopped here on his aour of inspection along the italian lines and watched the effect of the hostile artil lery fire he also visited the . tunnel by which the italians penetrated and surprised the place while he was entering his automo bile to leave gori/ia the king saw a soldier wounded in the hand and fooi standing to attention don't bother to salute me comrade said the king who shook hands and then saluted the soldier late list of casualties 2728—pte andrew shute victoria street harbor grace danger ously ill hospital ayr previously reported 1977 pte charles attwood safe harbor b b admitted king george hospital london 361—pte henry s stone 17 dick's square at wandsworth dan gerously ill 1253 pte george gillingham ochre pit cove dangerously ii j king george hospital london 1420 — lc corp leonard sheppard harbor grace dangerously lil august 6 706—pte allan a sellars 35 pow er street still dangerously ill august 12th—making no pro gress no special developments london august 16.—a british of ficial this evening concerning opera tions in france says there is nothing special to report another communication dealing with the situation in asiatic turkey says the mesopotamia situation is unchang ed both on the tigris and euphrates lines more big gains made by allies capture number of german trenches in the maurepas region paris august 16.—the entente al lies after a brisk combat today captured a line of german trenches on a front of 1500 metres to the north of maurepas in the somme region ac cording to an official communication issued today the statement adds that the french troops have occupied all the german positions east of maurepas on the clery road and that in addition ger man trenches 1200 metres long to the south to belloy-en-santerre were cap tured ■?& "$* favor the transfer st thomas danish west indies aug 17—apparently the inhabitants of st croix are in favour of the sale of the danish west indies to the uunit ed states according to unofficial ballot ing held there yesterday of the vo<:es cast 5000 were in favor of the proposition and only 11 against the population of st croix in 1901 was 18,590 u s nurses for france cambridge mass—aug 1 7—eleven surgeons and eleven nurses compris ing another detachment of the har vard surgicial left here to-day for new ork to sail tomorrow on the steamer lapland for england the party wil replace at the british base hospita in france other members of the unit whose term of service ends sept 9 bombardment at verdun paris august 16.—violent bom bardment was carried on last night on the verdun front at thiaumont fleury vaux and chapitre east of the meuse and along the greater part of the front the night passed quietly the official report is sued today says balkan fighting berlin august 16.—the forces of the entente allies on the balkan front continue to test the strength of the opposing lines making attacks in small force another engagement in the region of lake doiran to the northeast of salonika was reported today . austria is anxious for separate peace with the italians wants to be a position to give ■ her undivided attention to the russians london aug 17.—two important cabinet meetings were held at vienna yester day at which possibility of a separate peace with italy was discussed according to an exchange telegraph de snatch from the austrian capital jl'he plan under discussion is said to have been consider i ed with a view to enabling to make an undivided effort against the russians a report uy field-marshal yon hindenburg of require ments for defending the aus trian line and the polish ques tion also were discussed the despatch adds king confers with president kiig george meets pres poincare at ihe front—kaiser in trenches daris august 16.—president pdin had a long conference with king george during.the british mor , ars s recent visit to the sosnmc front jhe visit of the king and president ogutt fighting line was coincident with he arrival of the german emperor on th german front i/*n order was found on * captured german officer whiefi gives the detail of'a military review which was held before the emperor yh'e order directed that the exhaust edsoldiers be sent to the rear so that ihe emperor should see only the best element troops it also directed that tr&se who fought at verdun should occupy the first ranks will restrict entries to india precautions taken to keep pro-ger mans out of the country jpsdon august 16.—persons who are not british subjects and who dijsire to go to india to undertake nyssionary or educational work must in future obtain permission from the ii dian authorities according to an of ficial notification j_ln order to avoid any misunder standing the authorities explain that t[.e new arrangements are not intend ed to discourage the important self sacrificing work done in india by many $ inerican and other neutral missions b**t as a safeguard a-gainst missionaries are in sympathy with the foes oi tl c empire or lacking of good will to the government of india saw submarine in mid-atlantic norwegian captain reports underwater craft was sighted jjorfolk va aug 16—captain 01 sen of the norwegian steamer alf to the hydrographic office bfcre today th'at,he passed a submarine rf mid-atlantic in a line from norfolk u the mouth of the english channel m august~sth i the german u-liner deutschland ! assed out through virginia capes on ijf the night of august 2nd but she hard ly could have gotten so far as the position captain olsen reports by aug sth registration bill delayed measure so strongly opposed its con sideration has to be postponed london august 16.—owing to strong opposition and the differ ences of opinion revealed in the de bates in the house of commons the government has been obliged to post pone until the autumn session further consideration of the t>ill regarding the registration forms winston spencer churchill in op posing the measure said though he hoped it would not be necessary to hold a general election during the war circumstances might arise which would force this on the country in such case it would be manifestly unfair to exclude the soldiers and sailors from voting , andrew bonar law speaking on be half of preriuer.'tasquifh announced that after a formal second reading further consideration would be post poned until'the autumn brusiloff took many prisoners captured 385,000 men in little over two months detrograd august 16.—between june 4 when the russian offensive was inaugurated and august 12lh general brussilcff's forces captured more than 358,000 men the war office announced today that the russians have captured a series of heights to the west of var okhta and ardzemey in the carpath ians . in the vookhts and dclatyn regions the austrians are retiring to the west rome august 16.—a squadron of french and italian aeroplanes made a raid near trieste today and is re ported to have inflicted extensive 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