St. John's Daily Star, 1915-09-04

              the st john's daily star newfoundland volume 1 saturday september 4 1915 no 117 huns aim march on petrograd germans gain a bridge-head on the dvina river and should they ef fect a crossing will be in a posi tion to march on the russian capital allies offensive in west expected to begin soon military men regard the bombard ment of zecbrugge the general activity of allied artillery and the systematic distribution of men as presaging this jondon sept 3.—the germans in their official import jfc-xhy claim to have carried by assdeft the fortified briqge a ho head of.;the lcnnewadtj dvina ri.fr between friedrichstack and rig i his is considered for the russian the most critical their whole j r should i!ic germans raicccccf j m crossing the dvina the russiani would be compelled o evacuate riga and their poiiion bejsvccn the dvina and vilna and even southwest of the i latter c'ly would be jeopardized ihe germans do pot yet claim to hive crosrecl ihe ri'.er which is being tided by a reinforced army under imand of general'.ru/sky who has proved himscli to be epc of the great-f csl strategists of the war who brought j tlic previous advance to a | stop on the dzura river in front of warsaw subject stubborn defence it is believed by military critics thati the russians wjjl make a stubborn tfe-j fence on the dvina the opinion h expressed that should they fail here the german fleet would un command of lh6 gulf of riga by landing troops njt pernau which would considerably shoitca the protracted march to petrograd which is under stood to be the objective of the ger man higher command in mew of the importance of the battle raging along the lower dvina fighting elsewhere iqres come of its in terests for wherever they arc the rue sians must keep their&ycs on this cor ner of the map * emply shells grodno which the russians evacu !. proved an empty shell to the nans as they captured only four hundred prisoners aiici street fighting northwest of vilifa fhc russians are the offensive while the germans say the russian ceinlcr-allacks have i a complete ralkirc it is said in petrograd that this iter-offensiye seriously threatens gorman left flank and communica with the army of lieut-general v on eichhorn the russian centre is still rctirinr through a marshy district every da they arc taking 101 l of their pursuers the rii ians ottering resistance to the austro-gcrmr.n offensive in galicia anc southeast of lutsk they hold a front o more lh miles intersected h hilis wood and rivers which afforc splendid cover lor a defensive army advance on kiev the urstili some doubt as to whai he auatro-gcrman intentions are ir the southeast military critics beinr divided in opinion whether it will be to advance to kiev or whether an at tempt will be r.iacic to project a wedge between the russian armies and rou mania which would make it a seriou matter lor the roumanians to rcfus longer the gcman demands for fre passage of munitions over the roumai ian railway for the turk who xr reported to be very short of shells nec essary to prevent the allies from con quering the gallipoli peninsula nothing from dardanelles concerning operations in the dar danelles no news has been received since wednesday from . general ham ilton commander of the british forces on the peninsula the continued success of the aus iro-germans in the east leads many writers to the conclusion that the sus tained bombardment of the german line in the west means an early move by the allies critics point to the thorough re jistribution of the british and french irmies and the shelling of zeebrugge some days ago as heralding something u least preliminary to a general of ensive sterling up to 4.66 now exchange soared ten cents in the new york market yesterday—brit ain borrows fifty millions in the u s and better conditions result pjew york sept 3.—a1l the indica tions today tended to confirm the i report current on wall street that ; britain has borrowed from fifty to a hundred millions temporarily in this market to correct exchange rates of sterling until such time as her com mission shall reach new york to con summate negotiations looking toward the flotation of a much larger credit loan here this loan if mr.de is regarded ar but a makeshift to clarify the sur charged atmosphere of the foreign ex change markets spurred by an unseen stimulant the rates rallied in a spectacular manner today sterling soaring 10 cents ci mere at the opening of the market they fell back later but on the day's transactions the substantial gain of three and one-half cents was recorded sterling closed at 4.66 -. nm » sclir mildred is loading part carcro of fish ai baiae johnston's italians waiting to receive advancing austrians in the mountains tfie above photograph gives an excellent idea of the nature op the fight n*g on the thickly wooded mountain slopes of the austrian frontier whole forests are being cut down to get lous foii breastworks french aviator rescues comrade from enemy lines 3ore off under a heavy fire a com rade whose machine had caught fire—rescue aeroplane hit ninety eight times aris sept 4.—adjutant dertin of the french aviation corps has een mentioned in army orders today md awarded the decoration of the of honor for alighting behind he german lines and bringing back afely adjutant boyer who was com cllea to set fire to his machine as the csult of an accident both aviate rs were engaged in a re qjjnoitering expedition in the sajne lirect:on berlin's landing point was bout four miles beyond that of boyer returning after executing his mission lertin saw boycr's machine in flames le landed in the face of'a heavy fire licked up his comrade and fiew back o the french lines with a fragment of hell in his thigh the aeroplane was struck in nincty mght places by bullets and pieces of hells ■ ♦ • today's express reached town at 2.20 bringing a large mail and many passengers * * • ••' the monthly meeting of the t.a fuvenile society takes place tomor row afternoon bulgaria hedging ,, serbia ha3 agreed to all balgars territorial demands bui ths latter want the advantages y/ithoui ac tually having to wci-k for them qeneva sept 3—inforraat on rcec ng here from ljucharect rep re rent i-hc situation ;:: bulgaria as becomin more unsatisfactory owing to the in decision of the government which is attempting to conserve the ct.u..l.y : neu'ra ty and at the same linn sat isfy its national ambitions the majority of the bulgarian states men favor a rapprochment with the quadruple entente serbia and greece in view of the stale of public feeling news from nish is that serbia is willing to make territorial concessions and the bulgarian government finds it embarrassing to continue its policy of neutrality relations between bucharest and sofia are strained . • —» — ■ i serbia's reply ready london sept 4.—a despatch to reuler's telegram company from nish says it is semi-officially announced at the serbian capital feat serbia's renl to the demands of the quadruple en tente powers has been drafted and wil be presented at an early date austrian armies now cast adrift will act alone germans to operate in the north while the austrian forces are to be despatched south to the balkan border i ondon sept 3.—the german-aus trian armies on the eastern front are about to part company according to the despatch to the exchange tele graph company from amsterdam this quotes a message from vienna announcing that field marshal arch duke frederick commander-in-chief of the austrian armies today bade of ficial farewell to marshal von mac kenzen the german commander al brest-litovsk henceforth the armies of the twe commanders will cease co-operatirc with each other the message says it is believed that the austrian arm ies which have been opetgting in po land will shortly be relieved and sei 1 in the direction of serbia ■ m artillery busy in west no change of importance paris sept 3—the french war of fice gave out the following statement this afternoon in the course of last night our ar tillery displayed the same activities as had been the case recently without any notable incident charging turk division swept away by allies fire they dashed down a gallipoli slope so impetuously that they had no time to recover before the artil lery of the ships and the military caught and annihilated them iondon sept 3—the following de scription of four days of the great est battle yet fought on gallipoli pen insula has been received here from e ashmead bartlett correspondent witr the british forces at the dardaneller under date of august 19 during night of august 9th the new zealanders were relieved by twe other regiments at dawn on the tentr the turks who were strongly reinforc ed made a most desperate assault or our lines from hiil 3 at chanak bahr turks caught in trap an entire division in successive lines hurled themselves on the two re giments who after a desperate resist ance were driven from their position by artillery fire and the sheer weight of numbers farther down the slope of chanak bahr following this success the turks charged over the crest and endeavored to gain the great gully south of rho dodendron ridge they reckoned with out our artillery and the ships guns the turks were caught in a trap and the momentum of their charpe down hill prevented them from recoil ing in time they were swept away in hundreds in a terrific torm of high explosives shrapnel and cannon shells from the ships guns howitzers and field pieces were in great strength the turks attacked in great strength all along the line from damakjebik bahr through amsadere and a farm outheast of rhododendron ridge at the latter position we were com pelled to give ground but the magni ficent courage of our officers saved the l ay generals and colonels fought with ifles and bayonets alongside the roops • many commanding officers were kil ed including general baldwin little conceded by german note times says it affords little protec tion to merchantmen i ondon sept 3.—the times nava correspondent in an analysis of vor ernstont's note arrives at the conclr ion that it is an ambiguous documen he real value of which can only b ncasured when it is put into action he says the note concludes with ; iroviso which begs the whole questioi or he adds manifestly a submarin can sight a merchantman before th atter sights a submarine and if th ihip fails to stop quickly enough fo he german commander he has the ower of acting on the excuse that she tteempled to escape british alone have sunk 42 german submarines new york times washington despatch declares field marshal french inti mated as much in a letter to a per sonal friend in the american cap ital—ltalians and french account for more of them york sept 4.—a special to the times from washington says up to three weeks ago the british navy alone without regard to the navies of france and italy has sunk or captured forty-two german submarines this information is contained in a personal letter from field marshal french to one of the best known men in america who is an old friend of the marshal it indicates that germany has lost half a hundred submarine since the war began french destroyers are known to hav sunk several submarirtes and italy may have accounted for one or two ■ — » ' government of france holds up u s mails paris sept 3—as learned today the decision of the french government to hold up the american mail for two days before forwarding it was due tc the discovery that germany was com municating with persons in the unit 1 ed states through intermediates in j france pope works to end war expresses extreme pleasure that ger many has accocdcd to demands of the united stales—ready to a:;isi heartily any movement for peace 70me sept 4.—pcpc lcncdicc to day expressed pleasure over the fac hat diplomatic negotiations betweer he united stales and gcr.nany have re ulted in a promise frora germany tc iodify her submarine warfare the pontiff was gratificj to learn o he cordiality that marked the conver ation between president wilson anc ardinil gibbons en thursday when ie cardinal delivered to the prcsiden t washington a message from pope encdi:t xv dealing with peace his jhbliness said today he hoped both in europe and the jnited states would be convinced thai is constant prayer is for the ending f the war and that his work i:i this hreclion is entirely disinterested being nspirect only by the teachings of christ nd his love for humanity he added he would be ready to give he whole support of the catholic ihurcl to the person institution or ountrjs that undertook the noble mis sion of'ending a war which dishonors ur generation and the ineffacablc tain it places on modern civilization ■ ■ russians prepare evacuate grodno i — grand duke is withdrawing his troops from the right bank of the niemen [ ondon sept 3—the evacuation of grodno is under way petrograd dmits officially that the russian for es are being withdrawn from the right ank of the niemen the loss"by russians of the three ist of their great fortresses had beer xpected and the report that the evacu tiop of grodno is imminent caused nc urprise here it has been evident for some time hat the grand duke nicholas had no ntention of allowing the number of nen sufficient to maintain a long de fence to be penned up in any fortress vhich could be invested along the gal cian border general ivanoff continues to re'ire sut not without inflicting heavy losses on the austro-german forces which save been shaken several times by vig orous counter-attacks in the centre and at the extreme north the germans are making but little progress aviators bomb bases of germans allied airmen amidst heavy artillery fire drop more than three hund red bombs on the german naval positions along belgian coast all returned in safety though some were hit marine aviation service is also busy in egypt on the syrian coast on the adriatic—recently put fleet of austrian hydroplanes to flight # paris sept 3.—the french minis try of marine gave today a note outlining the operations of the naval aeroplane squadron since the opening of hostilities the marine aviation service has made continual progress showing mark ed development from day to day the note says it has operated not only in france but in egypt where it assisted in the defence of the suez canal on the syrian coast where it aided in blockade operations and in the adri tic taking an active part in the ac tions in the gulf of trieste in the north of france our aero planes kept watch over the shores and seas their objective being the destruc tion of the enemy's submarines the bombardment of the enemy's commis sary bases at bruges zeebrugge and osterid and the apprehension or des truction of zeppelins last week notwithstanding the heavy artillery fire and glare of rock ets our aviators dropped during he night more than 300 bombs on ten german naval bases along the belgian coast besides taking effective part in the bombardment of forest on august 25th all the machines returned although several were damaged severely in egypt syria and venice our hy droplanes have shown great activity engagements occurred recently with austrian hydroplanes which were put to flight one of them was pursued as far as pola by the french machine ■ m i war boosts freights shippers big profits london sept 3.—despite the war the furness-withy manchester liners had a record year iu consequence of the high freight rates the profits amount to over a million dollars almost double the profits for last year dividend and loan payments amount to 15 per cent against only 6 per cent last year ' ■ mm ■ messages were received from the labrador this morning that no fish is going fa*===j[=ee3i 1 t 3 i il==]i lv s another large shipment [ vfl w rug border squares f when laid on the floor i | ~——— and partly covered with ciifc 1 a rug the effect is that of a ■ * p real hard wood floor k/iwvk • extremely durable square yards unaffected by water jssafljx exposure they lie flat 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