, 1916-08-05

UNANIMOUS 10 quit WOtk II The railway OH
Gals persisted in tfeir refusal to grant the
demands of the men for an eight hour day
and time and a half for overtime.
London, Aug. 3rd-Sir Roger Easement
was hanged in Pentonville Jail for high trea-
son at 9 o'clock this morning. He was pro-
nounced dead at 9 minutes after 9. A mail
crowd gathered in front of the building at 7
O'Clock this morning. Easement met death
with calm courage, according to eye-wit-
nesses. In the early morning two priests OF
the Roman Catholic Church administered the
last rites in the cell of the condemned man
and shortly after, a little procession headed
by the c%lergymen with Easement following,
a warden on either side, proceeded toward
the execution shed only five yards away.
The two chaplains, the under Sheriff Of Lon
don aud the under Sheriff of Middlesex then
took up their positions in front Of the scat
fold. Easement mounted the gallows' steps
firmly and commended his spirit to God as
he stepped on the trap. A moment later the
lever was sprung. Immediately after the
trap was sprung, the physician descended
into the pit, where after the application of
the usual tests, Easement was pronounced
dead at nine minutes after nine. According
to the custom in the case of prisoners hanged
for crimes similar to hat of Easement, his
body will be buried in quicklime in The pri-
son YARD, but probably no decision as TO the
burial will be made until after the inquest.
Flushing, Holland, Aug. 2ud-The iceland
Steamship Co., owners Of the Ouch Mail
Steamship "Koningin Wilhelmiha" which
was sunk on Monday as the result of striking
a mine, have decided to discontinue their SER
vice temporarily. The Company confirms
the report that only the registered portion
of the mails to the United States aud other
countries sent aboard the "Kouingin Wilhel-
NINA was saved. The survivors arrived at
Harwich, England, yesterday.
Berlin, August 1st.-49 warships with an
aggregate of s, 500, 900 tons have been lost by
the Entente Allies during the war, according
to statistics given out to-day by the German
Admiralty, the figures being brought up to
June 3Oth last. Of this number, says the
statement, the British lost 40 vessels with a
tonnage of 385, 900. The losses of the leu
tonic Allies are given ia the statement IS 30
warships 1862, 900 tons in aggregate. The
British losses are given as comprising IL
battleships, u armoured cruisers and II
cruisers. Merchant vessels sunk by the leu
tonic Allies, according to the statement, mum
Der a total of 1903 with an aggregate tom
mage of 2,000,57 During last year, adds
the statement, 38 violations of international
Law committed by enemy merchant ships
against our submarines have been proved.
Three times have enemy warships acted with
especially gross disregard for international
Law aside from violation of the simplest
laws of humanity. Finally, it is stated that
naval forces of the Entente Powers, at the
beginning of the war, were more than three
times stronger than those of Allies (Teutonic)
while the losses in meu-of-wal, sustained by
the Entente, were three times the Allied
losses.
New York, Aug. 1st-The death record
in the infantile epidemic reached u new high
water mark an Saturday. Forty-four VIC
Tins were claimed. This was an increase
of IL over yesterdays figures. New cases
reported totalled 161 and it became appnr-
ent that a change in temperature makes
no difference in the progress of the disease.
The number of new cases to-day has been
only exceeded twice since the beginning
of the epidemic. The Board of Health
weekly bulletin gave the grand total of new
cases az 1858 and deaths 782.
London, Aug. 3rd-German airships have
again fown over the eastern counties of
England dropping bombs. An official
communication just issued says: A num-
Der of airships crossed the coast of the
eastern counties shortly after midnight.
Their objective has not yet been definitely