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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
Continued from Pags 1.)
THE COLONIES AND
THE WAR.."
TRIBUTE BY THE SECRETARY
OF STATE.
the war. Obviously, any policy of preference unat be framed so as to rimet the views of the Allies. The subject- demanded, continued con- sideration. The Prime Minister had appointed a confmittee of Ministers and the representatives of all depart. turyts' concerted, hinsell preskling, with the object of reporting as to the best methods and the machinery by which effort could be given do boy of the solutions. The task was not easy, but it ought to LANDON, A-24
be undertaken, and he was directed In the House, of Commons, the
to say that the establisintent of this B. Hon. Mr. Walter Tong, Secre-enamittee; at any rate, evidenced tary of State for the Colonies, spank | the Government's intention to like ing on the Colourist Office vote, suld all the steps it could to give effect that the fine part the Dominions had ↑ to the resolutions of the Conference played in the war required stoverip Ma Long concluded: "I before tion. The part the Dominion troops the result of the Conference will had.
taken in
in the war was well known strengthen our prosecution of the to the world, especially to their war and help us to take some steps racaties. They hack made their afterthe war to reup the full advan
as the determination of the repre Sentatives not to dogmatise or to attempt to lay down the law by
THE CHINA MAIL.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
”
THE AIR RAID.
LONDON THE OBJECTÏVE,
Lesbos, Aug. 14. Reports of pilota show conclusively. for London, that the air raid on Sunday was making
On sighting the large number of our them, the Germans turned abruptly aeroplanes which were sent up against and made the best of their way out to sea again, dropping bombe at Southend and unloading the rest when at sea. greatly assisted our fighting squadrons, The action of the anti-aircraft guns
THE CASUALTY, LIST. Southend is 32, including 13 women The total number of deaths at and 9 children.. Forty three persons including 18 women and 12 children, were injured.
THE BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, Aug. 13, reports: ---
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Huig
There was increased hostile artit
firing southward of the Arras Coinbral, roud, also in the Nieuport
sector.
Our neroplanes heavily bombed four aerodromes. The enemy air.
efs were aggressive.
**
We brought down nine enemy things and drove down eight. Seven of our machines are missing.
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LONDON, Aug. 13,
A French communiqué states:-The
MARTIAL LAW IN SPAIN.
STRIKE ASSUMES, REVOLU TIONARY TENDENCY..
MADRID, Aug. 18. Martial-law has been declarad throughout Spain.
The Military Authorities in the Provinces have been ordered. to insune complète control.
GERMAN BANK MANAGER'S SUICIDE
FORMER MANAGER OF THE DA. - BANK'IN HONGKONG...
A LEAP FROM A 10-STOREY BUILDING.
is stated that the major part of
Horr-Timmerscheids, who was formerly
continue work. the labouring classes are anxious to manager of the Deutsche-Asiatische Bank in Hongkong, has committed appearing. Those employing non-The following account is taken from
Only the Madril newspapers are suicide in New York.
union Bour have been promised the New York Tiraen:- Government protection..
has been authorised, to prepare for emergencies.
The culling up of the Reservists
Disturbances are reported from different points
All is quiet in the capital.
MADRID, Aug. 14.“ In the evening, the strike still continued peaceful. The bakers, gus
The strike has assumed the charmerscheidt, once manager of German The suicide of Richard Adam Tim- neter of a general movement with a bank and representative of important revolutionary tendency.
German interests, who throw himsel! out of a window of his apartment on the tenth floor of the house 4.200
-ninth Street early yesterday, was by the disclosure last night that he has been interviewed on several occasions by the Federal anthorities in relation to the activities of secret agents. The fact that the last interview took led to place not more than seven days ago been giving Germany information of report that he had been under surveillance as one of the men who had There was a feeble attempt to troop movements, but this was denied. hold up the trums at Barcelona and Assistant United States Atarney,
It is
said John C. Knox, Sangossa, but it was easily sup-the Federal authorities had veea-ion to that પી prevnext...
question Mr. Timmerscheidt, but nothing was learned as the result of these inter- views offering a reason for the suicide.
A similar atatement was made by Captain
William M. Offley, Chief of the Department of Justice Bureau of In stigation for the New York District.
Ji
MR. BARNES SUCCEEDS MR. HENDERSON.
2
LONDON, Aug. 13. The Press Bureau announces that Mr. . N. Barnes has been ap pointed to the War Cabinet.
Prior to the announcement, it was unofficially statel that the Labour Daniously approved of his accept members of the Government hail
ance of the appointment as the Labour representative.
marle, and whether they curve from stage of the lessons we have learind. ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. and tmm-worker are still working. Australia, New Zanland, Canada, and to make the Empire stronger Newfoundland or South Africa, they and ore, powerful than before, the had shown themselves worthy of the war. The discrasions at the Confers best traditions of the British Army,ence were carried on in a spirit of and greater praise mall not be rolettier, and every Overseas Minis, Bestowed upon ang soklier.
ter ad shown high patriotisin and Mr. Tong said that the Dominions an unselfish"desire to promote the had made great sacrifiers in other intensts of the Empire. For dinations and many of the Doni-example; with regard to the islande mons-bad suffer sexonly wing in, the Pacific and the African to the humitation of unports to the Colonies; nothing struck nie so much United Kingdom. Ee thought many people-failed to realise the "greatness of the sacrifiers imposed agion the Touhiew in that connection. They saying ties or that must be done. FRENCH CONTINUE TO PROGRESS. wer bearing a very hoory wär What they "really desired.. was that expenditure and were simultaneoudly We should realise her how strongly -called upon to bear a very heavy their feeling is but it did not originate banken towing to the interference in a desire for "intersised territory or with their trades. He pais a tribute any question of that kind. Their to ike magnificient patiner und lei was that after the war there age will with which the Dominions should be a permanent pence for the
There was world, and, security for the Empin mlation for any criticism that The knowledge we have of the past any port til the "Expire but not done iforts of the Dominions and the ile full Star in the war. He pointed Crown Colonies together with the ut the great difficulties in the more experience we have gained at the renoty, pams of the Empire where, Toperial War Conference all show frequently, the antivo wer upfit it in the supreme moment of our evon "for fabeur battalions He was national history, the whole Empire constantly receiving proofs the is one and is prepared to use its geligration of the unitive mers for resources and to make n combined Great Britain and their loyalty to effort to secure final and complete the King and devotion" to British | victory), (Chers.) interests, and he rund, in connection
had maufe this surïfice, no
with this, messages from British Enst Afrien, the Indian Association and Zanzibar.
Referring to gifts, in kind. he said that though mang were small. it was it the umegint but the spiri in which the gift was made that mattered. (Cheers.) Mr. Long em. phasised that this loghlty and trist, in Great Britain should he encour agul and justified by our own future treatment of the natives and the
Lard Cavendish-Bentinck advocated the appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire into the resources of the Crown Colonies...
Sir G. Toulmin stated that he sidered their developement mor portant than Preference.
artillery inel continued most lively.
The Garmana, between Cerny and. Crepue, again attempted to eject us south of Aillen All their attacks were from the trenches which we carried repulsed.
ward of Rheims, which received $50 We appreciably made progress eat shells, of which some were incendiaries. Four civilians were killed and two injured...
Champagne, en Mount Cornillet, on both There were violent artillery actions in
banky of the Meuse, and the Forest of Parroy,
GERMAN REPORT.
▲ German official report transmitted wireless, states:Wa repulsed strong French attacks northward of the Laon- Soissons road and southward of Ailles.
A German official report, transmitted wireless, states-Our aviators attacked England.
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ITALY'S MAN-POWER.
ROME, Aug. 14. An order has been issued for the re-examination of the classes of 1874 to 1899.
THE CAINE ROAD
COLLAPSE.
TO-DAY'S EYIDENCE AT THE INQUEST.
THE VERDICT
and
The inquest by Mr. J. E. Wood a jury was resumed this afternoon.
Mr. W. L. Leask. of Mosers. Leigh Orange, was recalled. He said that he
Gdley said be had talked to Timmerscheidt but had asked him for own actions. Like Mr Knox, he know information having no relation to his of no reason for the suicide.
Timmerscheidt threw himself out of the window shortly before 5 o'clock in the morning. He and severed the veins
laid down to die in the bath tub, bat there was evide in his wrists with a safety razor and
s evidence to
to show that he had
Jumper had grown
from the window and had
Up 6 to 1999 he had been manager of one of the foreign departments of ladenburg, Thalmann
at 25 Frond Street. ording to a statement made by a er of this firm, he then left to accept a place in the foreim of the Disconto Gesellschaft, in Berlin, department at a
ta largs salary. He left that become nusnager of the Hongkong branch of the Deutsche Asiatic Bank, which has close affiliations with the German Government.
مسجد
to
At the 8 catbreak of the warhe returned to New York, sending his wife, who is
ta London man," and their children
It was understood that he came back to the city as representa-
the tive here of the Dentches-Asiatic Bank, but efforts yesterday to learn details of his business were not entirely!
successful.
At 41 Broad Street, whore he had an
office, a clerk told reporters that he did not know what Timmerscheidt's business in which to carry on a very extensive was. The office itself speured too small business, D
and'it later explained that mail and keep records it was used mainly place to receive
Officials o
"They bombed, with good results, the visited the scene of the collapse this the esheddenburg. Thulman &
4
con-Margate.
military works at Southend and
One aeroplane is missing.""
im-.
Mr. Macmaster declared that there was strong opposition throughout the Empire against the retrocession of the German African Colonies and the Pacific. Ielands.
difficulty,
♫
..THE RUSSIAN FRONT. RUSSO-RUMANIAN OFFENSIVE
CONTINUED.
morning and examined the foundations of the wall. Witness was satisfied with the foundations, na they were down on Lard earth..
very
that since 1900 they had "Richard Tinimerscheidt was in our
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Forty-seventh Street Station after the merscheidt was admitted to full citizen- The body was taken to the Wost It was learned yesterday that Mr Tim police bad convinced themselves that it ship in the United States in September, was a case of suicide. From there it was 1914. He took out his first papers in An effort to obtain from Timmer where it will be held until Mrs Timmer- citizenship when be not seek full 027
sent to an undertaking establishment, December, 197, but did scheidt, or some relative, is heard from. so, and his
His Worship (to witness): Mr.same manager of the German Little has suggested that the water Timmerscheidit was visiting this country branch. Mr. which was alleged to have caused the at the outbreak of the war. He had a collapse of the wall may have come these are the only business relations we
personal account with
with us, and from a spring in the hillside
have had with him since August, 1914. Witness: I don't think so. There is the outbreak of the European war. in August. 1914 , due to the fact that one
the witress said that he had taassured this policy we have not since handled no evidence of it.
of our partners is an English subject, we In answer to questions by Mr. Bowley German banks, and in accordance with abstained from all credit business with
what was left of the foundatious of the business of the German-Asiatic Bank the wall. It measured 4 feet 6 inches, or any other institution with which Mr.
Timmerscheidt was connected." Witness contradicted Mr. Little's state- ment that the foundations of the wall We have captured 600 prisoners.
were laid in brown earth. The founda tacking in the direction of Focsani, and ground. With regard to Mr. Little's The Rumaniscs are obstinately attions of the wall were laid on solid we hold positions westward of the statement that the wall was not, built, Formani-Ajud railway
of square stones, the witness said, that he never saw a retaining wall in the Colony that was built of square stones The witness bad never seen a retaining than the wall that had collapsed
Under Secretary for the Colonies, reply. Mr Steel. Maitland, Parliamantaoy
LONDON, Aug. 13. ing on the debate, said that money and conduct of affairs affecting, them not the knowledge of their resources,ascians, drove back the enemy if A Russian official report transmitted by wireless, states:We, supporting the closely. (Cheers.) He mentioned was what was required for that conscription had been enforced developement of the Crown Colonies.
the the Okna-Grozechti region. in British East Africa, Ugandu. He
We captured a series of heights and referred to the
are continuing the offensive... Ceylon, the Straits Settlements and at present, in obtaining expert members We repulsed counter-attacks in the the Malay, States and conscription of the proposed Imperial Development
Slonika Valley. was being considered in other places. Board, and dwelt on the extraordinary Hongkong had found it unnecessary way in which the resources of the because every white man was already Empire had been organised for war a volunteer and the Crown Colonies service. Henceforth it would be possible had fully done their duty. Mr. Long to develop the resources enormously, poil & warm tribute to the patience. for pesce or war. resignation and goodwill with which i they find also borne the hardships of -import restrictions.".
Regariling German East Africa, it Tas sometimes suggested that the campaign ought to be, brought more rapidly to conclusion... He had never realised, until he bad had the assistance of those just returned from East Africa, how stupendous were the physical difficulties, und in our pre-occupation on the Weat Front, we some times failed to give full credit to the gallant rnen in East Africa, whether commander, soldiers of natives. The latter were performing most invaluable work as -carriers,
The vote was adopted.
BRITISH TRIADE.
INCREASES IN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
LONDON, Aug. 14. The increase in exports is £3,310,578, and importa £13,449,987, as compared with July last year.
THE IRISH CONVENTION""
LONDON, Aug. 14. Grand Committee has made arrange The Press Bureau announces that the
monta for the Irish Convention, on
A
counter-attack-ielded
prisonera.
GERMAN REPORT.
500
A German official report transmitted by wireless, states:-Wo extended our gains southward of the Trotus Valley.
We captured Panciu, overcoming a
desperate defence.
We repulsed attacks between the Buzec and the Danube.
AEROPLANE LOSSES.
acheidt's friends an explanation of his act was not s2ccessful It was learned. ber of the German Club, but no ono there that he had for many years been a mem-
new, anything of his affairs or re-says- lations to German business or banking
or his institutions.
{I
without
have
A later issue of the New York Times 1014,
scheidt, who jumped from a window of
to
ル become a citizen
entitled to do right world again taking cur Brat
impers expired seven years after the
the frat
papers were granted. The fact that he has The suicide of Richard Adam Timmer becoming a citizen and did of
waited so long to complete the
only because of the oh, it was explained, had, his apartment at 200 West Fifty-ointh month or two after the beginning of th intimate terms with Hugo Schmidt,
of his business relations, been on Street on Thursday morning, was still are the impression that his desire Deutches Bant, who obtained consider
of Justice ents able publicity because of bis attempt to
lecently bey
Iron works, the output of the Camden works, but was said to have taken notion repeated that they know of
that might have caused his suicide,
yesterday.
the.
of the to change his allegiance from Germany who questioned to the Limited states was revived by the
about
mat war.
wall in the Colony that was built better Director of the New York branch of the internation
Mr. Bowley Mr. Little yesterday stated that the work of building the wall in question had been "acamped."
Is this true?
Witness: Certainly not.
part in the plot.
ters
At the apartment house in Fifty-ninth city detectives also reported that they Street it was said that Timmerscheidt bad not found an explanation for his act Mr. H. W. Bird, of Messrs. Palmer & was a man of quiet habits, who lived Friends of Me Timmerscheidt said
yesterday that Turner, was also recalled. He said he is of great means, always paid those who had advance knowledge of cha had this morning inspected the remains a bills promptly, was pleasant to the first German pence note of of the retaining wall The witness The Super
elvator operators, and entertained rarely
the of
un
JAPAN'S TONNAGE,
RETURNS TO END OF JUNE
Offcial investizations show that the Jane was 2,110 of 1,207,325 tons, grow, that of sailing craft 1,806, of 023,857
ACCORDING TO A GERMAN stated that the foundation of the wall that fonts eight made building said 1916, of which he tape total number of steamers at the end of
REPORT.
Superintendent of.
apart
It was also said the
made
| Angust 21, to discuss schemes of the Campana was sunk on the 6th inst. off Colony. Really squared stones were weak to hiring according to the ever
|
The
to
.193
110331 83,11
$7,953
71,905
1,480,472
months ago
upon the New York Federalpeculations had been laid in black earth and agents visited the building, but that be
ders Exchange Cont
with considerable boulders. In the witness'a opinion the menscheidt. They inspected the drop in quotations, and those who knew burthen (1 koku 10 eobic feet.) The..
not did Basociate
inquiries with The
e publication of the note caused a clue. Japan, and that of old fashioned ate caused a sharp Japanese vessels 1,084 of 567,667 knka Our adversaries in the month of the wall to collapse came from the sur: but did not explain
water which was alleged to have cansod foundations of the they
ted the subalance of the note befo
before it was
number and the roof
of Steamers of :1,000 tons And July lost $4 balloons and 213 roplanes face of the playground. If the water the Superintendent
after made public.
public were able to make
to make prudts upwards is given as follows p We lost CO aeroplanes.
supposed to
to have been unusually large. said. Aside had come from a spring in the hillside this all that was known at the
$1,000 to 2,90; Fone. suicide WAS ONE
133197,842 it could now be seen oing through ment house about Timmerscheidt was
was for
of "German-Americans who
whe 2,000 to AMERICAN OIL STEAMER SUNK,the
3,000
•*. But give purchases of copper in hiilxide
the result of that he was very fond of music and America with the Ides of redling
3,000 20 4,000
209,367 the recant heavy rainfalls. The "about every month or so" had som
4,000 105,000 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.
some of witness had had considerable experience
his friends in for an
Germany after the war. To what ex-18,000 to 8,000 The American oil tank steamer in building retaining walls in the
On Wednesday.al, musical.
Timmerscheidt tent involocations in copper may 6,000 to 7,000 him is not
7,000 to 5,000, 10 o'clock,
know, bow his
9,000 to 10,000 Ilodere (1) ***
seldom used. Stones of various shapes, elevator operator. He seemed to be in
usal hour for
heory most generally accepted 10,000 and upward Forty-seven survivors were landed roughly squared, were usually used his usual pleasant mood, and said "Good troubles and worries drove Mr. Timmer seemed to be that subsequent financial in building retaining walls.
Total· cheerfully us he stepped out of scheldt to destroy himself. It was said night" Aftar other witnesses had been to Mitchzel Gavin of 103 West Fifty-fourth-1,27 one official that the man's busine
the car At.5 o'clock yesterday morning by one called, the Coroner addressed the jury street waa paaring tho apertinent house activity had been brought practically to He regretted that Australia nd Mr. J Harris Vickery, formerly.
AUSTRALIAN STEAMER MISSING. brought out in the evidence on his way to work, and found the body standstiil because commercial Inter- not been represented at the Imperial Ambassador in Berlin, speaking at
private secretary to the United States
The Jury after a short retirement the sidewalk. The street there is core between Germany and the United
rooled over for distance with heavy
States bad ceased.
And ceased Although he lived MELBOURNE, Aug 13 found that death was due asphyxistion planks while the Conference. He rejoiced that a Aldwyck Olsh on "English Law Reform. The coasting steamer Malunge, bound caused by the collapse of the wall, full, a
subway is being moderate, luxury and":
spemed to and
body had reach
had plenty of
of money, he was boginning to great step had been taken by the said that he had received a German book from Brisbane to Rabaul, has been the result an abnormally heavy rainfall..
which was a remarkable direct representation of India. Over-lish law. It had been
no way of maintaining his accustomed standard of prepared to penetration from which the German
German-A
Mr. Long puid & tribute to those civil servants who had been refused commissions and who were carrying
Dominion type.
It is believed that the Captain and four of the Campana's armed guards are
on, quietly, often dull and dreary THE GERMAN AND ENGLISH LAW. prisoners on the submarine tasks.
and summarised the facts of the case as
n'íta terrific plunge.
in
bave
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
COMMAND
digest of Eng missing for ten days. Searches for the No responsibility attached to the initially mousa, 5018 planking reach the end of his resources and saw the Colony, restimess Command." Bea representatives had frequently Luresor, soose processes of peaceful Vessel have proved fruitless.builder of the wall or to and a policenim from the West Forty and success of the past had been inwillige all Orders and coutinus in
after
to
aboardi tum
Detective Miceli of
and
The DS.P. (B) having refined to
med til further orders, the undersigned living. As his experience The Malanya carried a crew of forty, the architect who supervised the work eventh Street Station found the door of gested that he did not feel able to earn of the Barve: Force. expressed to him the hope that the was resping a rich harvest when the war and there were several passengers at the time of the collapse
American barking, it was sug immediate charge of the administration the Timmerscheidt apartment locked what he considered sa resolutions that had been passed broke out, and from which he hoped.
had to force it. They found them- would not be pigeon-holed and hyp A further harvest
any other soldes adequate income The undersigned will attend at the had assured them that he would do their own law,
elves in rooms richly furnished with las ramoured also yesterday that ... (.'s office on each Unental rugs and costly paintings. It seemed, from an inspection of the bed session of valuable information conpers 19.30 íu, and s
Mr Tumorscheid had come.
into
pos (excepting Saturday) Poom, that Timmerscheid) had beening Germany and that German friends en Ba rending
in bed. & volume entitled or acquaintances of his fearing Scers Memoirs of ounty Fached Hays would divulge this information to the that he lay open on the bow, and other american Government had threatened
addressed to oo, Japan were lying on the hoor at harassed him until be was mentally the
muniey in one no lanced. This theory, however, was cets of MrsTimerscheide Dowers, and the police wise tounil many
not probabi
by Government
The Germans,
codify the
his beat to ensure that effect would benest
be given to the resolutions as early as possible.
Referring to Imperial preference, Mr. Long said that the question had "been rendered less difficult by
hostilities already codified UB. FROHIBITS AIRCRAFT
that it time
not for our 15, but for their own. The was begun in 2005, and he received the The work 11th volume four months ago No
EXPORTS, AN A
WASHINGTON Aug 14 Neutrals are showering orders for
KEEP IT HANDY.
TMMEDIATE relief
attacics of diarrhae Colite Cholora Coll
doubt the enemy had profited by the aeroplanes at such rate that in Napoleonic experience, and the reabit was that the German code was on the order to confine the supply to itself deak of gyors German winces man and the Allies the Government has abould always be on hand. part al his ardinery
equipment
prohibited the erior o atah
all Chemisia and 8t