| Show POWERS RUSH RUSHI I PLANS TO END THE W WAR AR I. I IR I x to co Tic 1 T 5 LONDON JO DO- DO DOJan Jan 5 Developments De of ot I bearing the e utmost importance all lg upon the r peace are taking place in lii th ti central c Briefly l lUley they Uley AJ ate e 6 1 L 1 Emperor Charles o of Austria h hassent has 5 Home re- re sent lent nt a special to the pope poro to take for rOl received in Iii to news S face prace acc ding according London today from rom a Swiss 8 K 2 2 The German a emperor ha has sent hent on a a 8 secret Clel ion to lo too toA tonia o nia ia and says an 1 A 11 c r lf from m. J Am- Am I I H It 1 is l d that the visit lb IB In III with peace The prince ih is t XI ct back hack at German I within the next week 3 Tb presidents of or tile the parliaments parliament of the thu central vi po have been tHen sum um- summoned umI I mooed monert to Berlin for fur an nn important con con- ference con I t I Dutch r report that the i I rulers of the th central powers are aie to I I meet in ienna Vienna I I 5 5 A plenary session slon of the reichstag Is to 10 be lc held in 11 Berlin tho middle of uC f I I this month If present plana are car car- cai riet l out cal I I It U is h under understood that the allies allies' rel I Ito to President Wilson's Wilsons VII note note- will go so forward forward for for- I ward at one a and Hl it is reported Ilc o on un whal rOl 1 seems cem to be high h authority that Oi Ji- Ji I many n ma nay may send end a second note to the United cl States State Some persons go o 0 so cj O fat fai far as to predict p that the world will knothe kno I the terms term of ot both sides Hides before another all week tuba shall hall have elapsed 4 T x Capture t tIsland Island From Russians Russi It Is By 1 e la to The noe IO Dr Jan 1 j Via Sayville- Sayville Teutonic troops composing part of or Prince Leopold forces force across tho the Ice oh on tho uena nena Ivina I D a river non northwest of if and captured I an In inland from th the tue n the Ger- Ger on un i pae O 2 Z 1 1 IN NEW I MOVES OF PEACE I I Continued from pa page pace o 1 I man war na office announced toll today In an official ment on operations operation In the I eastern theatre of or war Fort Forty Russian lan prisoners und several machine suns guns lIn were stere brou brought ht back b by tho tilo Invading In force orce I I In the Rumanian theatre of ot operations opera opera- ions tione northwest ol of ot tile tho arm army of ot Field Marshal von 1 had bad conquered tho the sector Strong itron I Russian cavalry attacks were repulsed I Missing as Ally Transport Is Sunk r IT r 1 N Nl l Ice lo 10 Tho TI fr ra LO LONDON DOr Jan o. o Jt It It va was officially announced this afternoon that the tho British transport Ivernia had been sunk b by a submarine submarino In the Mediterranean One hundred and fifty military officers and men aro are missing Tho Thu J was owned by bv the tho Cunard lino IIno and was wasa wasn a n vessel of oC 1 tons It W was built In iii 1900 1000 Success of U-Boat U Campaign Predicted toy 01 rii l I rt JO LONDON DOX Jan Tan 5 Confidence 6 in tho tile effect Affect of oC Germanys Germany's submarine campaign com cant pal n is expressed ed by Captain tho German naval critic In itt his review of if the tile naval na war In the Berlin Ta Tuge- Tuge blatt hiatt according to a Renter dispatch from front Amsterdam Captain says We c firmly holl holle e that the tho commercial commercial commer commer- cial shipping of or out our enemies will be become he- he come conlo still less active In 1917 This will be bo accomplished II by liy our acro growing in submarine weapon Our confidence con con- for Cor tho thc new year car is based on the expectation that our OUI submarines will continue with growing success the process of or wearing away the economic life liCe of our enemies I I I I Swiss Fear of invasion Dispelled By tOy AD ru Itu lo to Th The Ter BERNE BURNE E Switzerland rland Jan 5 r. Via Paris Tho Paris Tho Bund prints a note from the German Grman I legation with the tho object of oC dispelling fears aroused in Switzerland by b- rumors rumon that Germans GermanI intended to strike at France and Hal Italy through this countr country This note says We e may once more declare that as asaH nil all Swiss Imo know Germany Gennan Js is firmly resolved to strictly rc respect lands ands neutrality 1400 Rumanians Taken I Prisoner 24 Towns F Fall a 11 i By tHy II r Tr Pra M lo to 0 The Th I BERLIN Jan D 6 By Wireless to Tho The Tho Russian bridgehead position before was pierced yesterday yes yes- eR by br Teutonic troops the war office announces Four Rumanian towns were Welo captured and 1400 prisoners prison ers erR n wore acre ere brought In 0 By Dy Pu U to 0 11 TI Ile BERLIN Jan Jon 5 B By Wireless 1 to 10 Sayville Russian Russian troops began an attack early this morning on German positions on the northern part of or the thc Galician Russo-Galician front north of or Fried Fried- the war office oUke announced to todA to- to dA day The battle Is still in Sn progress Four Russian attacks near were repulsed cd i I I I I British Open New Mesopotamia Attacks fly Ely t xi l N ei wj Sinks Ic to 10 Th The CONSTANTI CONSTANTINOPLE OPLE Via VIR Berlin wireless Jan 5 5 The The British have o r renewed their attacks In Mesopotamia In lit an flit effort to break through Kut-el- Kut Amara Tho The war office reports that the British assaulted Turkish positions along the TJ Tigris rIs river on December 31 31 but were repulsed Id with losses estimated estimated esti estl- mated at from COO 00 to men Thousands of I I Belgians Still Idle lly ii f ci to lo Th Ibo I THE HAGUE Jan Jati G The 5 The thousands thou- thou sands eandi of or Belgian workmen who were removed to Germany have e balked at I this UIA efforts of tho tile German Germait govern govern- I i I I ment to put them to work and are still Idle According to Information re received re- re here today front from sc ent six Bel Belgian ian workmen who were vore returned to their theil homes homeR there thero are ale Idle Belgians In one camp at Soltau Prussia Pros Pros- sia Ia who refuse to work anti and are still ll living in hope of or being sent back to their homes Four Lines of Allied Trenches Penetrated B 1 N NOi i 6 to lo Th Tt BERLIN Jan 5 Via ia Say Sa Ille Four lines of ot allied trenches east of or Loos Ioos were vere p penetrated b by a detachment I of or German troops the Germans re returning returning re- re turning t with Ith one fifty prisoners Sanguinary Sanguinary San San- losses tosses were acre inflicted upon the En der defenders of or the trenches the official report repot said sall Bad ad we weather has hampered artillery activIty y on the western front Embezzlement Charged to San Marino Regent I i I I I w Uy Pf ft JIU i to LO The Tho I II I I i Ho HOME n Jan C Ci Via ia Paris Paris Amati Amat twice regent of at the republic of or ofSan orSan I I San Sail Marino l has hos been arrested on a charge chare of or embezzling lire of ot I I the tile I republics republic's funds according to a n dispatch from the capital ofSan of oC ofSan San Marino He Is reported to 10 have made n a number of unsuccessful speculations spec spec- Submarine Torpedoes Greek Steamship I I B Br I As Paso Prou t 19 to Th Tb PARIS Jan E. E A fi-A A torpedoing b by a I submarine of ur tho the Greek steamship I Is reported in lit a din din- I patch front from Corunna Spain Tw Twelve lv men of ot the crew saved aved b by tho the fI fishing boat San Jose A Havas HavaR dispatch front from El Ferrol Spain says tho captain and twelve members of ot tho the crew of ot the have havo been landed on the beach at Cobas |