Show RENEWAl Of ALOG WEST fRONT NEAR First Hints of Coining Coming Drive b by Germans Seen When Then Huns fluBs 1 Tale Take French I Trench ench in Sudden Blow BloT at Nieuport BRITISH LOSE TWO TTO VESSELS LIVES Three U. U S. S Soldiers Killed d din in ill A Action tion Sec Baker Says Shipment of Men l to France Francel Heavier Than rhan Expected S' S FROM ROIi I he the i North sea n to to tit the Swiss Swiss' j r 1 tiff i l f U ng j in In the Clie h rigors of v winter er r h hi has as' as r i rig i td forth h their li fmc men in i enterprises i e which seemingly forecast the intention on shortly to 10 re resume resume resume re- re sume fight fighting ing activity if more ex ex- cl For w weeks the big bib guns nuns along the en entire entire entire en- en tire battle front have hac been roaring in intensive duels un on numerous sectors but the infantry has hag lain idle 0 owing to j the deep snows and later to the m I morasses which formed as a result of or the thc thaw On our extreme rl right ht lu 11 northern Belgium Bel- Bel glum gium the Germans have laa carried out an important raid and gained a a. footing in tn French advanced trenches east of ot Nieuport while along nearl nearly all of oC the front In Flanders the thc artilleries on both sides have Increased the volume of or their fire tire To the south around Lens Lons Arras and and I St S1 Quentin the fighting dall dally daily Is growing grow grow- j I Ing In strength th while ca eastward along the Chemin de des Dames past t Verdun and thence to the Swiss border the French and Germans German are continuously engaged on various sectors In artillery fighting and In Infantry activities JUes considerably above e the normal as compared with the earl early early- days das of oC the war wat On the time front in iu Italy Hah the change In Inthe Inthe inthe the high command evidently e has not resulted as aset yet et in any betterment of or orth th the strategic positions of the Austro- Austro German armies From the Asiago plat plateau au eastward to the Pla Piave river rl I and thence southward to the tho Adriatic sea lea the Italians again have o been victorious victorious vic vic- In numerous minor operations Ic I i HUllS HUllS' Thrust at Nieuport May 1111 ay Portend Big fri Drive ve veI I Rr By Int w s London Jan Tan 23 The 3 The German cry cryOn cryOn cryOn On to Calais was r recalled called today by a 11 sharp and partly successful rul German thrust on the tho extreme right of oC the battle line in tho the west just east of Nieuport where the Bavarian cro crown n princes prince's flank rests upon the North r-orth sea ea News r of the attack came I from Paris Parl The French war o office admitted ad- ad admitted ad all- that Under cover covel of or an Immense camouflage camouflage camou camou- tIa flage the tho Germans carried out an Important important Important Im Im- surprise attack and obtained a footing in the first trench of oC our line lIn east of or Nieuport Belgium Any large scale movements would not be be attempted in this region rec however however how how- ever experts agree unless 88 the ground is frozen froY-en hard At present conditions of ot weather and ground are all till against a a. real offensive here military observers ers say The attack Is looked upon however howo as a a. feeler for tor future futuro operations More 1010 feelers aro aio op expected elsewhere as the natural German Cerman preparations for tor forthe tho the much heralded drive Three U. U S. S Men lien Killed in ill inAction l Action Pershing Reports Washington Jan Tan 23 General 3 General Pershing Pershing Per Per- shing toda today repotted reported three American infantry Infantry- killed In action on January Januar 21 1 He gave u no detoUR t of or the engagement The Time dead are aro Private ate Albert Cook Cool West Vest Almond N N. Y T Private Harry V. V Carman Gatman Catawba Va Private Leo Lea E E. Kadi Radi Cleveland land 0 O These are tho the first reports of or men mon killed in action in more mOle than two I months month In the time opinion ur of army of officers of- of Clears here the appearance of killed in inaction Inaction inaction action in the reports does not necessarily necessarily mean that A American met lean battalions battalion have i etui ned to front line trenches for J Continued on Pa Pas food 6 G Section 2 NEW HUN DRIVE IN WEST LOOMS Continued From Pa Page I 1 further training after aCter an n absence of oC some seine weeks but that Is th the Interpretation ta- ta tion lion being placed on the news flows 1 In Many flY I For military reasons reasons the war department department depart depart- ment declined tod today to say a ay whether a n definite sector has been taken over by bythe bythe bytho the tho Americans Casualties resulting from rom participation tion by an American company compan In a reconnoitering party part conducted b by I French troops or from a l. l eha chance nce h hit Il h by enemy artillery among a party part of ol dispatch riders would all be he reported under the lie head of or killed In action Army officers pointed out al also o that oc occasional oc- oc shells are arc exchanged all nil along the lie front for tor the purpose e of oC rectifying ranges to demolish a trouble troublesome omo vantage antage an van tage tae point on the other side and nOli that men killed as ns a n result of ot of such lIch exchanges ex ex- changes hanges are considered to have han fallen alien In action Troop Troops to in linker While declining to comment direct directly upon the statement attributed to President Pres Pres- ident blent Wilson that there will be lie twice as many American soldiers abroad n next June as nH had been been- originally planned Secretary Baker said today today The Thc pro program of the department has hashem hem hern a constantly developing one and many difficulties and limitations have been removed or overcome I cannot an not discuss numbers nUmber of o men In Franco France or 01 anticipated d to be in France Franco at any ny par r time but wo we have ha made substantial sub mb- progress ress When hien h n General Pershing Pershing- sent sent his first battalions b into the trenches with veteran veteran veteran vet vet- eran French troops formal announcement announcement announce announce- ment 0 of C the tho fact tact wax was made here hore coupled coupled coupled cou cou- pled with the explanation that these units were rounding out their training course A similar announcement either etther eith eith- er directly from Crom rot rot-n General Pershing or from froni rom the department is 15 expected when American troops finally take over whatever er sector o of the tue battle lines they aro destined to ti fight ht In Recent press pross dispatches from rom General Gen len eral erril Pershing's s 's headquarters have ha shown sho that a considerable part of ot his forces at all any n rate was t now regarded as full fully trained As 5 to when the American American American Amer Amer- ican front will be established time the Im Impre Impression impression Im- Im pre is Ig gaining strength hero that the day Is not nol tar far distant Two Ships zips Sunk and Lives Are Lost London Jan 23 Dy 23 By the sinking of or two steamers h by the enemy in the Mediterranean Medi l about three weeks neek eek ago aJO lives lI were lost it was announced here lI officially toda today The announcement was made in the house of oC commons b by Thomas McNamara MeNa- MeNa II a mara financial secretary of oC the adm admirall ad ad- m I rod ty Mr McNamara l added that public notification notification no no- of oC the loss of these vessels had been delayed until the tho relatives were notified Mr Ir McNamara's rc announcement gave save the first news received here of an any hea heavy loss of ot life liCe In recent Inthe in inthe inthe the Mediterranean Ile A dispatch from Tokio on January Januar i 4 showed that an at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt had been made marle by hostile submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines to attack transports convoyed by Japanese warships in the Mediterranean on December 30 Tho The Japanese admiralty announcement stated stated stat stat- ed that tho the submarines were ero repulsed and that the time warships were not darn dam aged asell British Version I is I Denied Berlin BellIn Jan 23 23 via London An An of official of- of tidal st statement Issued b by tho the German Germann n admiralty tod today regarding tho the naval na action between British and Turkish forces at the entrance to the lie Dardanelles Dardanelles Dardanelles Darda Darda- nelles January Januar 20 O says sas that th the Turkish Turkish Turk Turk- ish IRh cruiser Sultan SeUm for for- merely the German Goeben grounded ed edlI lI lightly on entering the Dardanelles The admiralty says the vessel essel was as not stranded owing to heavy damage as was assorted asserted by the official British rePort re- re Port The rhe announcement reads read Naval 1 al aid service machines have made se several seral ral lay day Pt and night attacks on onlie the lie Goeben and secured two hits with Ith heavy bombs The They have ha also bombed one of tho the tugs tug's which is secured along along- I Iside side the Goeben In er e every C case heavy y antiaircraft gunfire was encountered but all our out machines returned safely The attacks are aro continuing I |