WEDNESDAY, MAY 52, 1518,
TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Faqe 1.)
TRIAL OF EX-TSAR |
-ORDERED BY. BOLSHEVIK COMMISSION.
PETROGRAD, May 20. It is announced from Moscow that the Bolshevik Commission. presided over by Ensign Krylinko, has ordered the trial of the ex-Tar. The charges. include causing the coup d'etat of changing the Electoral Law of the Dunia, ad illegally dishorsing public funds.
An escort of Lattish Eitles is being -sent to Tobolsk to bring the ex-Tsar to Moscow.
[A recent announcement by the Soviet authorities stated that the Tsar, Tsarina and one daughter had been transferred to Ekaterinburg owing to the alleged efforts of pensents and monarchist in the neighbourhood of Tobolsk to promote their escape.]
ANARCHIST MOVEMENT AT MOSCOW SUPPRESSED.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE ITALIAN FRONT,
THE WESTERN FRONT.
BRITISH LINE ADVANCED.
LONDON, May 19. Beuter's Correspondent at British Headquarters reports --
Our lino has been advanced over useful ground in the direction of Dernancourt Considerable losses were inflicted on the Germans of whom 200 were taken prisonere.
MORE PRISONERS TAKEN."
LONDON, Hay 20. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:--
·
We took a few prisoners in a success. ful raid on Mar 19 in the Albert sector. We heavily repulsed an attempted seem raid northward of Hingea.
Hostile artillery firing increased con siderably during the night on the Albert-Buequor front.
SUCCESSFUL AUSTRALIAN
ENTERPRISE.
LONDON, May 20.. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:---
A local operation at Villas-sar-Ancre WII completely successful, the Australians carrying the German
VALUABLE FRENCH CO OPERATION.
THE CHINA MAIL..
LONDON, May 20,
AUSTRO-GERMAN ALLIANCELI
"TO RESIST TERRIBLE EMBRACE OF COMMON
"ENEMIES."
THE FRAWLEY COMPANY IN “THE
THIRTEENTH CHAIR.
It can be said that the novelty of the advent of the Frawley Co. has gone, bat the full houses which they have, AMSTERDAM, May 18" A message from Vienna states that night after night, is convincing Count Burian has informed the news testimony of the impression they hava papar Arst that the discussion at made on the theatre-loving reation of Garman Headquarters led to a complete the population of our Colony. It is no understanding regarding the basis of substantial deepening and extension of aggeration to say, and no mere news. the alliano, which has now become an paper phaseology sither, that they excal All the objectives were imperative necessity in order to resist themselves in their production of "The attained despite -very considemble the terrible embrace of the common Thirteeach Chair last night. The difficulties owing to the nature of the enemies.
plot of this drama, which is in three
A French Eastern communiqué states; French and Italians carried onton May 15th to 17th a series of operations west of Korites, with the objects of reducing the very prominent alient forming the line the of the enemy positions, alto of extending the Allied front to better advantage
ground in a mountainous and trackless The new alliance would be defensive i region and the vigorous resistance of and would show united Austrata amounts to a very grossgera bat realistic satire on spiritualistic imposi the enemy, who frequently counter-Germany, unbeatable. attacked.
tion. The story is sa follows: A misa
ARMIN.
Our advanca reached a depth of DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN FRENCH is mysteriously murdered in hit studio, twenty kilometres in the centre. ENEMY COMPELLED TO RETINE.
LATER.
PARIS, May 19 -
having been stabbed in the back, and the ...polien fait to trace the murderer. The
assistance of a woman merlium who, murdered man's friend secures the
after several failures, eventually by spiritualistic imposture is about to give
· The famous airman Gibert has been An Italian official message reportskilled in a flying socident There is considerable local fighting on the whole front.
We completely repulsed an attack on Mount Mantello, also in the Adamelle district, where we compelled the enemy to retire, leaving a hundred dead and wounded.
raids at various points
We carried out saveral successful.
TO RUSSIA.
positions in and around the village, of GERMANS VIOLATE THEIR PLEDGE which they took possession, with 360 prisoners and 20 machine guns. Our casualties were light.
- PETROGRAD, May 20, It is officially announced that the Brarchist movement at Mosgow hus been completely suppressed. Eighty anarchist organisations have been dissolved and over 300 aturchists, ties. arrested. Ordes hus been re-estab lahed after severe gunfire, causing important durriage.
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR AND EMPRESS IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
AMSTERDAM. May 20. The Eroperor and Empress of Austria have gived at Censtan- tinople.
THE AFTER CARE OF DISABLED MEN
HOW TO ALLEVIATE THEIR SUFFERINGS.
CONFERENCE OPENED DY DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.
Losos. May 20. The Inter Allied Conference on the After care of disabled soldiers and sailors bas opened at London. The
delegates present came from
land, Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal. Serbi, the United States, Siarn, Card Australia, Now Zealand, South Africa and India.
Mr. John Hodge. Minister of Pensions, presided.
We successfully raided a post south- tward of Matoran, indicting casual-
AERIAL ACTIVITY,
LONDON, May 20. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
reports:-
Our seroplanes dropped 19 tors of; humbs on the railway stations Courtrai Valenciennes, Aulnoge, Rulera and Chaulnes and also on aerodromes, duu.pe and billets.
TROOPS ADVANCING BEYCJD FIXED BOUNdary.
Lornos, May 20.
A Russian wireless message states The Germans in the Reval region violated the boundary fixed on March 6, and advanced eastwards despite protests from the Russian Commander.
The Foreign Commissary requested
the withdrawal of the troops.
A HUNNISH EXECUTION. The White Guards at Helsingfors executed the Russian Fleet Commissary
COUNT FLUNKETT ARRESTED.
„LONDON, May 26, The Sinn Feiter, Count Plunkett, has been arrested...
HONGAR BONDS DRAWING
PRIZES.
The sale of tickets has proceeded so satisfac-
The prizes given below are, as already advised, subject to the amount available for distribution being the sum of $500,000.
In this event:
the supposed assassin's rame, when the torily that the Committee is now able to indicate murdered man's friend is stabbed in a a provisional allocation of the 3 big prizes and the similar way, while be sits in 100 smaller prizes. "The Thirteenth Chair." The remain der of the play is devoted to the further unravelling of the mystery of this extraordinary murder. If ever play' deserved the name of drama "The Thirteenth Chair" certainly does, for the tremendous sensation of the Brat About two o'clock in the afternoon act is as nothing compared with the! 4th April, ben Miss Schmidt and her climar in the third. It can be said sister Mrs. Dixon were riding in a foreign indeed that the second not in quite as wagon twelve li from Tangshan near the
FOUR DAYS OF CAPTIVITY,
LADIES' THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Maiteng, May
borders of Honan, Shantung and Kiang-necessary for the relief of the feelings. su Provinces, two robbers armed with of the audience as it is for the continuity revolvers compelled the driver to stop of the story. The cast was as follow searched the wacon, taking what money
and good clothes they could find in their Helen O'Neill... sait cases, one quilt and a fine, steamer Will Crosby..
and uzhizclied the best mule from Mrs. Crosby.. the team. They then compelled the Roscoe Crosby. ladies to accompany them, hiring bar-Edward Wales
rows for them at a near village. They
The majority of the air-fghsM.Jomtchujin on the pretext of his con- sad through sandy river beds to a village Pollock.....
occurred well eastward of the lines.
We brought down 21 and drove down two machines. Eight British machines are missing
Florence Chapman Hstry Mortimer ........Edna Keeley Wm. D. Howard .....Wm. B. Claire
told the ladies not to fear, that they Mary Eastwood Kathryn Browne-Decker would be freed upon the payment of four Helen Trent..... Anzonetts Lloyd thousand dollars ransom which auta Braddish Trent....... T. Daniel Frawley they later reduced to one thousand. Howard Standish......Garry McGarry After dark they journeyed over hills Phillip Mason..... .G. A. Forbes ducting a revolutionary campaign among the pretence of securing a cart, but after Sergeant Duna. C. J. Kelly where the barrowmen were dismissed on Tim Donahue Reynolds Denniston ..E. L. Delaney German marines. The German Com- skulking about dark corners the ladies mander replied to the protests of the were hidden in a house with one bandit Rosalie Lagrange... Valentine Sidney Russian Admiral that M. Jemtetujia had watcher who bade them rest, which they outlawed himself by inciting matiny, did the best they could with one comfort burden of the play at night fell on It is no exaggeration to say that the Consequently his execution is exclusive-all the next day and till ten o'clock at the capable shoulders of Kiss Valentine and their wraps. Here they remained night when a barrow was secured for Sidney, who, as the medium, played a Mrs. Dixon, and Hisa Schmidt had to
Flying was possible for only half the nigat owing to thick mist, but 10 tons of bombs were dropped on the railway stations at Marcoing, Haubourly a Hurnish addir. din, Dousi and Chanines, and on billett in the neighbourhoods of Bapaume and Bray, also on railway works and the lock-gates at Zeebrugge.
One of our machines has not returned.
THE FRENCH FRONT.
LONDON, May 20
1 French communiqué reports only
GERMANS OCCUPY BJORKO.
PETROGRAD, May 17.
The Germans have occupied Bjorko on the Gulf of Finland, south of Viborg
MUSSULMANS AND SOVIET FORCES IN CONFLICT.
PETROGRAD, May 17.
The Soviet forces at Baku are
intermittent artillery firing north and deadly conflict with the Mash south of the Arre.
ENEMY TRENCHES PENETRATED.
LONDON, May 20.
A French commaniqué states:- There was fairly lively artillery firing in the region af Hangard, south of the
Arre.
The Duke of Connaught, opening the Conference on behalf of Elis
Detachments penetrated as far as the Majesty the King, said they were enemy's third trench northwest of ail united to bring light on the sub-Rheims in the direction of Bermerisourt, ject and discuss all that is new and carried out much destruction and
brought back prisoners and material. scientifically possible to alleviate the sufferings and heal the wounds of the AMERICANS IN NORTHERN brave and gallant ruen who shed
FRANCE. their blood for their home and country.
WITH TROOPS.
in
in
A Moscow paper states that 2,000 were killed and 3,000 wounded..
Various parts of the town, including entire streets, and the Persian Bazas, are burning.
GERMAN ADVANCE ON SOUTH RUSSIA.
KURSK EVACUATED.
WHOLE POPULATION ARMED,
P
WAR CHARITIES WILL RECEIVE 1st prize
Approximately.
$125,000
187,500
2nd prize
"
58,200
3rd prize
"
2
87,500
2 prizes of $10,000 each, (approx)
20,000
2. prizes of $7,500 sach
15,000
10,000
5,000
14,000
8,000
10 prizes of $700 each 15 prizes of $400 each
7,000
6,000
15 prizes of $300 each
4,500
24 prizes of $200 each
4,800
15 prizes of $100 each 103 prizes
∙1,500
$500,000
2 prizes of $5,000 each 2 prizes of $2,500 each 7 prizes of $2,000 each 6 prizes of $1,000 each
walk for four hours to another village prominent part in the three acta. It and the number of tickets now available for sale The closing date for sale of tickets is 12th June Reaching there at two o'clock Sunday was due to her good acting that much
their gate and take them in at threate
morsing a family was forced to open of the success of the play was due is rapidly becoming less; therefore if you have not of being shot Here they sered Mise Florence Chapman, as the wrongly bought all the tickets you require, it is advisable some much needed reet and the native accused. Helen O'Neill, was excellent to hurry up and tell your friends to do likewise, bostess was very sympathetic and told
thum but they feared the robbers so she one feels that she is most versatile in
did not dare take them bome. All her abilities as an actress," Certainly during the day different bandita came to
TICKETS $5 each.
see them and onde remarks about the one of the sensations of the evening "foreign devils. When evening came a whole band came and demanded them to who made much out of a small role. So
hea was the shriek of Miss Browne-Decken ON SALE AT ALL STORES, CLUBS, HOTELS, BANKS, Etc. be brought out. Dressel in gay coloured
robes and armed with weapons and with far we have seen but little of her, she flags waving the bandita ataod in two has come to us with a good reputation; rows facing each other.
and scoffed and mocked the ladies until they thought from the little that we have seen of her death imminent. However, the robbers we believe she is capable of maintaining said they were going to take them to the same, but as yet she has not had Tangahau, which proved to be trac
From the vile conversations they realized sufficient opportunity, for a true exposi they were in great danger among those tion of her ability Perhaps sabsequent wicked men, but God was their protector.
Barrows were finally secured but only performances will give her that oppor about half the journey was made and tunity. As Tim Donahue, the detective, so they were hidden in another village all day Monday,
The day was spent Mr.Reynolds Denniston had a part which in prayer and fasting much to the per- suited him to perfection and he made plexity of the bandits, one of whom the most of it. The gentleman who offered them cigarrettes saying these them they would take them to Tangshan, ed murderer is by now an old friend, are yours, not ours Then they sacred eventually turned out to be the confess arriving about midnight. Eight bandits
The
official delayed them another day that bad important roles to sustain and he might have his own soldiers escort they did so with considerable credit to them to the station where they took the themselves. The rest of the large cast train for Linko where they stopped with
friends while others came to take them had not a great deal to do individually, to their stations. Their fellow mission though their work admirably fills in the acies tad done all they could to the zisk
LONDON; May 20. Indications that the Germans are still advancing in South Russia can be athered from a Moscow message dated May 16, stating that the Russia evacuation of Kursk has begun. The COUNTRY THICKLY POPULATED railway traffic to this place is militarily on horseback and several footmen Mr. G. A. Forbes. There are times
supervised.
accompanied them till daybreak when when one feels he was not altogether "The Communist newspaper. Pranda suddenly the horsemen rode off and the convincing, though this is quite cxens ARRESTS IN IRELAND.
LONDON, May 20. urges the speeding up of enlarged and they were surrounded by a rescue able for he had but few lines, and those
footmen disappeared one by one Reuter's Correspondent at Britiah preparations for the renewal of hostilitics party of some Afty soldiers. ESTIMATED AT HUNDRED.
Headquarters states:
and says the Brestlitovek catracts is soldiers hired an ox cart and took the at the tensest moment of the play. Parts of northern France have become drawing to a close. WHY THEY WERE MADE." almost suddenly thickly populated with
ladice through the city with bugles Messrs. H. Mortimer and W. D. Howard, blowing, to the superb bome of Mr. Will and Roscoe Crosby respectively, American fighting troops. Grant
and Mrs. Kublman. The Tangshan Loxbox, May 20, American training camps and depots Conespondents at Dublin extunate here sprung up at spots where two ATTEMPT TO FREE GREAT RUSSIA. that the arrests, do not exceed 100,normally seen. The outstanding impres months ago only British khaki was though the Times places the num- sion of the American organisation may be summed up in the word "Thorough. Some 70 were deported to England on Saturday night and immediately the resolve of the Sammies
One is conscious, at every turn, of taken to a rest camp on arrival at till victory is accured.
to fight Holyhead, though the
Intensified training is being tirelessly Countess Markieviez was sent to London.
carried out in combination with the numbering 20,000, was closed by the officials who try to do their duty can applied to it in New York. The Daily Telegraph's Lobby Cur respondent states that the arrests were due to documents found on a man who was caught on the coast of Ireland in a collapsible boat, presumably, from a German sub- marine. He is now in the Tower..
PUBLICATION OF EVIDENCE PROMISED.
ber at 150.
LATER.
DELS,"
British and French.
Large formaticus are steadily being drafted to augment the Americans already in the fighting line and these are immediately replaced by still larger numbers.
LONDON, May 20,
A Russian wireless message states that General Skoropadaki is declared an impostor at various places in Ukraine His decrees are disregarded.
The Parsante Assembly st Kief,
of their lives to rescue the ladies and picture. The play is a thrilling story, icial al caught up village as well acted as it is written, and officials and barrow inen (threatening them with death if they did not restore certainly fully deserven the adjective the ladies. As this was finally accom-senzational which has freely boon plished and without a ransom, it shows
SKAISER'S LATEST TAUNTS.
- CLUMSY HUF LIES,
LUDICROUS STORIES OF WAEL ST. ¡COLLAPSE. ON: PEACE NEWS.
Further telegrams have been sent out George Washington, according to by the Kaiser on the great "victory" myth, could not tells lis. Germans over the Bolsheviks. He tells the King cannot tell a lie artistically and suc- of Saxony that "firmly trusting in the comfully. It is a point of contrast, not sword. I face the future which will and of resemblance, and it is brought into must after all our beavy sacrifices, bring strong relief by the ladicrous efforts of
victory and a strong peace.
the Press of the Fatherland in regard to To Hindenburg he says
the fancied affects of the Ukraine tresty
The Zeitung
Germans. The population is exasperated and should free their districts from bring pressure to bear on these robbers to burn all bread and other provisions. Mercury
The District Assemblies have decided these devastating bands-Shanghai Landowners are declared cutcasts. Skoropadski has no troops except s bodyguard of a hundred, The country is groaning with hanger, misery and AIR-RAID ON LONDON. slavery.
Everybody is endeavouring to free FOUR ENEMY MACHINES Great Bussia. Guerilla bards are
* BROUGHT DOWN.
being formed. Members of the Bads are regarded as traitors, "Almost the LONDON, May 20, 1.
whole population is armed. Attempts It is understood that evidence of
to disarm them are resisted to the death. Datile remis crossed the coast Towns and villages are attame. Hy the battle of Tannenberg, by the on An Deutsche Zilure lod Cl, in a complicity between the Siat-Tain hostile sircraft crossed the conats of
The Germans are everywhere appoint winter battle id Bent and Ewer at 11 in the evening ing their own officials and exporting to battles near Lodz you laid the founde recent inue with the statement in its leaders and the enemy is being preof Sunday, going towards London, pared and will be published shortly. The maid is progressing. Gerinany all the provisions they can tion for all farther successes and mads noon edition that Wall Street had 16% possible, by means of the break-saffered something approaching collapse through of Göchen and Karbow, to forgs on receipt of the news "Catastrophic the Russian Army to further retreat and panic," "Terrible: Scenes, *- - Collapse victoriously to hold our ground againar of Sterling (British) Exchange and all further assults of the enemy-srmy "Hacks Sosting in Price, * were a few of the fancy items printed as representing the condition of Wall and Broad Streeks Other newspapers followed suit, Adding little embroideries of their owns meant
Then the Frankfurter Zatung barat the bubble with: an onkind, remin-
LORD KHONDDA TO REMAIN FOOD CONTROLLER.
LONDON, May 20.
It is understood that Lord Ehondda has consented to remain the Food Controller,
Claims aggregating nearly
The Press Bureau states that four of the Aeroplanes which raided London and the south-east or Sunday night were brought down.
The raid appears to have been on a large scale.
A considerable number of "bombs. were dropped.
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some one whose life has been saved
seize
·EX-ROYAL RUSSIAN FAMILY INTERNED,
MANUAL LABOUR AND SOLDIERS RATIONS.
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the
And now the costly prize of victory in the long streggio is in our hands. Our Baltic brethren; and czuptrymen are liberated from the Russian yoke, and many again feal themselven Germans. God has been, with us anal will continue) der (that when its neighbours were STOCKHOLM, May 18.
His id. A message from Berlîn states: the allele Dowager Empress of Rassin, the Grande
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