Hide Article Text (OCR)
CHANCES OF A LIFETIME.Are found only in GKKAMCU WANTS COM.'MX.1/.PER INSERTION OF SIN LINKS.1/%\}£TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.(£ Ic ancr♦(Established 1834.)LXXX1I. No. 128.KINGSTON, JAMAICA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916.TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE: ONE PENNY.- - - • -. .'WMtlT'Kl fi.YI! and HUMlioin Hu* rain: lh«V rouiO, h«nM-\ »m intuit* l»y tile hi*o.Hut the Sugar and Rum That from MYERS com©Is the la.*«t of the crop, you «©©.I)e;d«*rs nil ove*’ the country sftuuhl p*t in ttiix h with Myeinin yj:j;s and suppliersat hest ptires.i: t: ! !,. MY MRS SON,The Sugar Wharf,Kingston.— 40BRITISH LOSE 6 BIG CRUISERS IN GREAT NAVAL ACTION FOUGHT WITH GERMANS IN THE NORTHSEA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.INVADES GREECE.•n--*“—1 -Central Powers have Apparently Left the Bulga ; rians to Do as They Like in Balkans Ferdinand has Marched His Forces into Greece.TWO BIG SHIPS SUNK IN FIGHT WITH GLRMVTHE LATEST FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN FRONT•NA • *AliSome 2,600 Riflemen Comprise the Force of Dinar, Sultan of Darfur, who v/as Defeated by The British Last Month in the Soudan.EXCELLENT WOK DM BT MOUNTEDIKMSBIG NAVAL FIGHTI *! * -.....Ii British Battle Cruiser Squadron had Engagement With German High Sea Fleet and Queen Mary And other Vessels are Sunk During Action,•Mmi—laTHE STATEMENTS FROM LONDON AND BERLIN;K.M.S. “INVINCIBLE.I(BY DIRECT WEST INDIA CABLE CO.) j Athens, June i.—The Bulgarian Minister has protest- jed to the Greek;Government that Greek troops are firing on;Bulgarians at Pupeli. The Government has refused to ccn-tsider the protest.• • [THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.London, June i.—Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons to-day moved an adjournment of Parliament until' June 20th, which gave the members an opportunity to dis- j cuss any subject they desired to take up.-Enemy only Admits.the Loss of One Old Battleship, but London Claims that at Least One Teuton Battle Cruiser has Gone to the Bottom.GERMANS RETIRED WHEN BRITISH FLEET CAMEUP30=10;n3JLK.M.S. “QUEEN MARY'..* ’•fc--*+ *HE SAVED PARiSi\\Mr. John Dillon said there were matters connect a with the recent rebellion in Ireland, such as the continuance ... . iof Martial4Law and the arrest of peaceful citizens, of which Burial of Gen. Gamem,, he would like to speak. However, he recognized it was im- j Great French Military j possible for any one tp enter upon these topics without en-; Expert. jgendering an amount of heat which might be extremely in-; — *jurious^to^the interests of Ireland. ! [ OEM. H..WAK jllmS 1 Eh |BULGARIA MOVES AGAI NST GREECE.. ---- . a A . * . ' lt;Rome, June i.—Germany and Austria, it appears to^ob- BU3ine:s and Amuse- j servers here, have practically left Kyig Ferdinand of Bui- _ Snsnended *garia to shift for himself in the Balkans, and have allowed ments we o p .;him complete liberty of action‘ in the operations against. During the Ceremony ;Salonika. i (I5v w. u luuu* coy.) !(f)i) Direct I!'. /. Cable Co.) | pori?, Juno 1st.—The funeralKing Ferdinand, convinced it is believed that he is;powerless to resist an Anglo-French offensive and that it i wpnh ^ Gal-would be useless to await events decided to invade Greece, L°“c a 0 ^ AGnVtur of Wara step which the Kaiser had heretofore prohibited out of;Urll deference for his brother-in-law, King Constantine. •‘lb c . • i. It is believed that King Ferdinand does not expect Greece to offer any resistance, and he believes the French and British will not defend Greece. His object is believed to be to create a complication with the Allies, who he thinks do'not dare advance into Macedonia and occupy Serbia if the Bulgarians are threatening a possible flanking movement. Meanwhile the Greeks blame the Allies for the Bulgarian invasion, but are not likely to join them since they are unwilling to fight.[sive public demonstration. It began with a religious ceremony in the Hotel des Invahde.s where the body had lain in State, at which Cardinal Ametta, Archbishop of Paris, officiated. There followed a funeral oration in the Court of the Invalides by Pierre Auguste Roques, Minister of War, and a military procession through the streets of Paris, the route of the cortege being packedBRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT.London, June 2.—The official statement issued at mid- with a vast multitude of persons night reads: Our aeroplanes yesterday had a long running gathered to pay tribute to the fight with three hostile machines. One of the latter was man who saved Paris in the ini-driven down. One of ours is missing. During the night,, tia.1 crisis of the war.hostile air craft dropped eight bombs on Poperinghe with- ^ . in the ln_PassengersMust be FreeOf Makiia.We uniA-sviad that* the. • • •. 4United Fruit Co. has received advices ;V-.ni Cuba to the-effect that a considerable -amount 01 malaria exists in the eastern end nf the islan.ii as a result ofwhich thn immigration officials of Cuba have been , very strict with regard to the entry of aliens, particularly deckers.It is understood that hereafter aliens must submit to a liuod test or examination to determine whether or not there may be any infection of malaria.In- consequence of the above, the United Fruit Co., before selling tickets to passengers leaving for Cuba, will exact the necessary certificates, and due notification to that effect appears in their advertisement.HEIR APPARENT.1Rumour that Prince of i Wales will - Marry an Italian Princess.THE NEWS FROM PARIS, y1 . --{ Bonds of Allies would j Be Strengthened by the1Marriasre.»— ■ ' ■ — ■j S|n*oint Service Cable.| '(Jiii Direct j]7. I. Cable Co.)1 Paris, June 1.—That Prince jEdward of Wales, heir apparentI to the British Throne, is toilt;marry Princess Jolanda, the oldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, and a girl of rare beauty, was the report received here to-day from Rome.It is rumoured that announcement of the engagement is imminent. The Prince of Wales visited Rome a few weeks ago and then made a trip to the Italian front where he was theit4Iout damage. Throughout the day there was continuous and heavy shelling by the British and German guns of all calibres in the neighbourhood of Vimy Ridge, the fires at times becoming intense. The artillery activity extended to a minor degree in the direction of Loos, Ypres and the River Somme. There was some mining in the vicinity of Loos at the entrance of our trench line about Fricourt and justnorth of the Somme.Except for ordinary trench activity there was no infantry engagement in the past twenty-four hours.OPERATIONS IN EGYPT.London, June 1.—Some 2,600 riflemen comprise thevaiides were attended by Presi-! dent Poincare, the Cabinet Min- jisters, the members of the;7 »RACING IN ENGLAND. - that the Queen and Princess Jo-'„ r \ | landa escaped death when Aus-(IJy Piiv-vt W. I. Cable Coy.) I ‘ ■ . ■XewtnuG.-u Kaglaud. June i. — jtnan aviators attacked theirSenate and the Chamber of De- ; *‘Finin(*U;t ' •'.»* winner of tin- Now j train. The Princess Jolandaputies, and the Diplomatic. ner’.-y srak-* week to-day finish- ‘celebrated her fifteenth birthdayCorps, the high officers of the' Hrs! h: :\SvK °aks a jto-dav. She is said to be ex-’ '• - '.'ir usual Oaks Stakes u , ... ., _.•.-•..bmandra- m.. jtrenwly popular with the Italian ( Vavket Girl” ran third, ipcoplc. 1 nterest here in the re- j - varied. (ported engagement centres in j.-••akes was for three year the fact that the bonds of friend-1• . . r.(By DirectIndia Cable Company.)Berlin, Jufie 2.^Admiralty statement reports j big naval battle between British north Sea Fleet and German Main Fleet, in which some eight British vessels destroyed.German losses not definitely known, but believed three large warships and number of torpedo ? boat destroyers lost.GERMAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT..Berlin, June 2.—The German Admiralty state- i ment says: During the afternoon of May.31st be-j tween Skaggerrack and Hornriff, a heavy engage-' ment developed which was successful for us, and which continued during the whole night. In this engagement--so far as is known uprto the present, there were' destroyed by us the large battleship ■“Warspite” and the battle cruisers “Queen Mary” and “Indefatigable.” two armoured cruisers apparently of the ‘’Achilles” type, one small cruiser, a flagship of destroyers, the Turbanant, Nestor and Al-. caster, a large number of torpedo boat destroyers and one submarine.By observation v/hich was free and clear of objects, it was stated that a large number of English battleships suffered damage from our ships, and the attacks of our torpedo boat flotilla during the day engagement and throughout the night. Among others the battleship “Marlborough” was hit by a torpedo. This was confirmed by prisoners. Several of our ships rescued parts of the crews of the sunken English snips, among them being two, and the only survivors of the “Indefatigable.”On our side the small cruiser “Weisbades” by hostile gun fire during the day.engagement and His Majesty’s ship “Pommern” during the night as the result of a torpedo, were sunk. The fate of His Majesty’s ship “Frauenlob,” which is missing, and of some torpedo boats which have not returned yet. is00 ----1 rrri auuic iui ijcuu 1guest ot King Victor Emman-| unknown. The High Sea Fleet returned to-dayuel. After his return, the King is said to have summoned the Princess with the Queen to Army Headquarters to exterd his congratulations. It was while returning from the visitarmy and navy. Academicians^. t., fi(i and savants. The military pro- 'omi~ n„,] cession exceeded in numbers aLv.-ca0cdivision of trnnps representingall branches of the service, and%including the regiments thatOurcq, j(Ki .*lt;oid 15*1: rcourst* v t,force of Ali Dinar. Sultan of Darfur, defeated by the Bri-.ivere in the battle nf On:tish on May 22nd near Elfasher in the Sudan, according to when General Gallieni turnedip^N BY U. S. GOVERN-an official statement issued this afternoon. hack the German rush on Paris, j MENT.“The Sirdar. says the statement, reports that he esti- A massive funeral car bare the!mates the enemy defeated at Beringia near Elfasher 2.6001coffin, heaped with th.v.ers ar.d iriflemen. The enemy cavalry suffered heavily. The total j surmounted by a sheathed •number of rifles confiscated is more than 3.200 and arms :sword. All business and amuse- pr :b-are still pouring in. Four guns. 55.000 rounds of small arm‘ments were suspended during !*■ ^ ■ammunition, gun-powder and a large quantity of materials Jbe ceremony, the entire city |; •for manufacture were also taken. .hl'in^ »iven '^nmnstra- lt;Half of the population of 55.000 has returned to the :{ums 01 nwrrnmr. The body;was taken t- M. IJ.'iphnel for j.-oh*-!... . the? th. u.Ki of u.cL^jp between two of the Allies I1 mile ami a half. , , • . : 11 *. .1 !would he materially strengthen-;■ ♦ . „.i 1 .. .____ tod bv the marriage.LIJEWS IN POLAND.(r,\ Dir-*’-( W. I. Cable Co.)• f. -T' 0 pro- 1 .-*• . a bovrriT- n:•. :'a -. urr* of arnio-jr ;••?.'*!^ f. • ■ f S *. 1.b 0, o • • -.x a - p •• • y by :)ip . •: . ■ •vmnittr/' of tb« r, m.).* .?r» K*r. T- •»\•:^ ■ tho picfrn? port-: ::;:i for thfi rrliof of - of V.*:6Fian Poland.r.r.si U f*• l*.»11 f‘*1e: Irtfo hflt;*lt;-a.t.tr«n bns notr -•• .1 •»•town..burialThe Commandcr-in-Chief reports that mounted An-; zacs (Australians and New Zealanders) drove the enemyeastward from the coast of Birsalmana, twenty miles from' RAILWAY CASUALTIES.Quada (in Egypt), twenty-five miles east of the Suez Canal ~V I rMr rcty )on May 31st. the cncmv who was followed by aeroplanes ; v.b.s-.^t*'^ ; •-' 1 v .vlosing heavily. -lr.1( r*:.: ‘ tir : :t »•tti'm •fro*'*; ?'is«r. ViFf‘ iM ( I '1 lt;i1 . •1 • r 1 , v. « ;*■ i 'fr- ■ Ti-•] ;t th^- i'n!ij at :1 . Sti Ton.b-rr lt;O-iTTTl -**. *•ri*rI • ■t i:r tv 11 ^ *lt;. •» ?» *ru i : lt;(Continued on 4 )A• V;r ;■ ■; t'-'1.y.'r- : lt;I K Sri;'r«rr.U-Kror-nVT it- Poth*.-, \ «:?»:« Pn-•• • •. t :h*' plt;-o; lc-Ml thosi' who havn .-••• a:i- r-sntrPiiUTor. LQj■ • •■•nr. 1 .f ih^y r.sn-- ..;'b *•*»;)! ’•■k*'*n 5 *■ r 1 * f *■ k Jy.■*.•::: n- 1 v. ]•'■ • 'i .*• ;i • ar^r (■ S')ni' [W|■ • f T.f . • rfcr;r»sr of j*,-T. • «i St '(Thursday) into our port.LONDON TELLS OF THE FIGHT.London, June 2.—The British Admiralty announces an engagement between the Battle Fleets of Britain and Germany in the North Sea.BRITISH BATTLE CRUISERS SUNK.New York, June 2.—More than an hour after the German wireless announcing the North Sea battle had reached New York, the first statement of the British Admiralty arrived by cable. A section of a cable message, the first part of which was delayed in transmission announced that the known British destroyers lost included the “Tipperary.” the “Turbulent.” the “Fortune.” the “Sparrow Hawk.” and the “Ardent.” This list was the first enumeration by name of small British craft lost in the engage-ni ment. The “Queen Mary” the “Indefatigable.” and yj the “Invincible” battle cruisers, and the cruisers“Defence” and “Black Prmcc” were sunk, according to the British Admiralty announcement. t-COMPOSITION OF BRITISH FLEET.London. June 2.—According to the Admiralty, the British fleet consisted of the cruisers fleet, con-^ sisting of battle cruisers and light cruisers, supported by the battle ships and flotillas of destroyers, a torpedo boat and submarine.GERMAN BATTLE CRUISER WAS SUNK.London. June 2.—The latest official bulletin at 9 o'clock to-night states that at least one German battle ember is known to have been sunk, and one severely damaged.Advices also state that a Zeppelin fleet co-oper-atcci with the German naval forces, and worked bev. v mwwben among the British, vessels.• £J- -T# (Contiruied on Par* 3),1BD01ro1
Newspaper Details
Kingston Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Sat, Jun 03, 1916
Page 13
Full Page
Clipped by
Valerie F.
JM 21 Jun 2018
Other Publications Near Kingston, Kingston
Kingston Gleaner
Kingston Weekly Gleaner
Kingston Outlook Magazine
Colonial Standard
De Cordovas Advertising Sheet
