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Show Two More British Steamships Are Torpedoed With Heavy Loss of Life : HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN AUSTRO - GERMANS AND RUSSIANS I t ; 1 r - ', j ;, General Ivanoffs Troops Reported Gaining Ground Along ; ; 300-mile Front Muscovites Have Extended Lines Con siderable Distance Central Powers Preparing to ; Attack Allies at Saloniki, But Experience Dif- ficulties With Bulgaria, Which Country ; Demands Something More Than Ex pulsion of Enemy From Saloniki. i , : Constantinople, Jan. 2. ia Am- 1 slerdam and London, Jan, 3, S:45a. m. The following Turkish officia statement -was issued today: 1 "Dardanelles front. Near Seddul - ; Bahr artillery and bomb fighting is ' proceeding actively. A cruiser and 11 t : monitor which participated in tho cn- ( . gagement were obliged to retreat. An v enemy monitor unsuccessfully slielled our batteries for an hour. "A Turkish hydro-aeroplane dropped ; : bombs on the enemy's camp near Sed- , dul-Bahr. Our batteries on the Darda- nclles successfully shelled the ene-' ene-' ray's works at Soddul-Bahr, destroying destroy-ing a number of storehouses. '"Persian front: Successful attacks ; ' were made on the Russian north or Hamadan and near Savio." ; ' Paris, Jan. 3, 10:10 p. m. The war office tonight issued the following statement: "In Belgium a bombardment by our field artillery and trench mortars ', : against groups of the enemy in the region of the dunes caused heavy ', damage. Two fires were started and f two munitions de'pots were blown up. J f "In the Argonne the fire of our batteries dispersed a body of Germans gloving upon the road from Avoncourt ' to .MalancourL ,'; "On Jie heights of the Meuse in the forest of Chevaliers a heavy., can- : ' nonade directed against tho enemy's I trenches caused the destruction of overal blockhouses. "In the afternoon two shells fell I in Nancy. The enemy's gun from ; which they came was immediately taken under fire. Violent Bombarding in Vosges. . ; "In the region of Kartmanns-Weiler- ' ' kopf the enemy carried on a violent f bombardment, following which our : troops retired along a front of 200 !, ; meters on the western side of the ra-, ra-, ; vine to the south of Repfelsen. The K enemy did not attempt any attack with j. infantry. j! "The official Belgian statement , says that nothing in particular has : transpired outside of the customary T artillery struggles." i'r Berlin, Jan. 3, by wireless to Say- E. ville. German troops made an attack : on a wide front north of the road , between La Bassee and Bethune yes-I yes-I terday, after conducting mining oper- ations on a large scale. The war of- lice announced today that the occult occu-lt pants of one trench wore buried by , an explosion, or shot down, and that ; in some other positions the allied ( troops fled. , . French artillery on January 1 i shelled the town of Lutterbach. in Al- sace. The announcement says one ! girl was killed and one woman and f three children wounded as they were k leaving church. ,i On the eastern front the Russians ; t continued their operations with pa-I pa-I trols and other small detachments, I hut without success. te 'J j Greece Enters Protest. if Berlin, Jan. 3, by wireless to Say- i ville. "DispatcheB trom Servia," says I the Overseas News Agency, "says I that in protesting against the arrest :i at Salouikl of the Austrian, German, Bulgarian and Turkish consuls the 'I Greek government called attention to f , the fact that Greek officers and gen- II dannes were charged with the guard- 1 I Ing of the consulates. Greece con- tends that any measures against the i central powers should have been coin- municated in advance to her." J Denmark Factories Burn. - London, Jan. 3, 7:26 a. m. The de struction by fire on Sunday night at Aarthuus, Denmark, of the oleomargarine oleomar-garine and oil factory, one of the 't country's largest industrial establish-? establish-? meuts, is reported by the Copenhagen 2 correspondent of the Exchange Tele- J graph company. He adds that this H. will temporarily put an end to Scan- Idinavia's entire manufacture of oleo-I oleo-I margarine, since this factory was the only one of its kind in Scandinavia. The establishment is said to have been Insured for ?5,000,000 with a British company. Laborers Under Military Rule. ' Rome. Jan. 2, S:30 p. m. By governmental gov-ernmental decrees, all port and dock laborers have been placed under mili-' mili-' tary control. This action has been taken for the purpose of preventing strikes for higher wages during the effort to disencumber the ports of large quantities of merchandise and war materials. King Peter to Visit Constantine. Athens, Jan. 1, via Paris. Jan 3, 12:30 a. m King Peter of Serbia will go to Athens to visit King Constantine Constan-tine after an inspection of the Serbian troops at Saloniki, it is generally believed. be-lieved. Rome, Jan. 2, 11 p. m. The report that the king of Serbia is at Saloniki has been received with interest here by Serbian refugees. They believed that li was already in Italy. France Requisitions Crude Leather. Paris, Jan. 2, 5.30 p. m. The government gov-ernment in order to satisfy the needs of army, has decided on a general requisitioning re-quisitioning of crude leather, beginning begin-ning January 5. Prince Returns to Athens. Pans, Jan. 2, 11:35 p. m. Prince Andrew of Greece, brother of King Constantine and the Princess. Andrew, who were at Saloniki when the recent raid was made by Teutonic aeroplanes, have returned to Athens, according to the Athens correspondent of the Havas Agency. Germans at Greek Frontier. Paris, Jan. 3, 955 a. m. A report that German cavalry has been seen just north of the Greek frontier Is forwarded in a dispatch to the Haas Agency filed yesterday at Athens. King Constantine Improving. Athens, Greece, Jan. 2, via Paris. Jan. 3, 10.-15 a. m. Professor Fried-rich Fried-rich Krauss of Berlin and Professor Eiselberg of Vienna who are attending attend-ing King Constantine. announced tonight to-night that his condition was most satisfactory. Norwegian Consul Arrested. London, Jan. 3, 12:35 p. ra. Reut-er's Reut-er's Athens correspondent says that the Norwegian consul at Saloniki was arrested at the time the Austrian, German, Bulgarian and Turkish consuls con-suls were taken into custody on the order of the French commander, General Gen-eral Sarrajl. The Austrian and German consulates consu-lates contained documents implicating implicat-ing the Norwegian official in connection connec-tion with espionage, it Is said. Kaiser Thanks Archbishop. Berlin, Jan. 3, by Wireless to Saj-ville. Saj-ville. Emperor William has sent a message to Cardinal Ilartmann, archbishop arch-bishop of Cologne, thanking him Yor his New Year's good wishes. "I was especially gratified by the greetinga sent by you in the name of the Holy Father," tho emperor's message said. Paris, Jan. 3, 4:50 a. m "A report current that King Frederick August of Saxony is considering the idea of abdicating in favor of his eldest son. Prince George," says the Journal in a dispatch from Basel, "owing to the growing discontent of the population which on several occasions has taken the form of hostile demonstrations against the king. There is no confirmation con-firmation of this report." Review of War Situation. London. Jan. 3, 12 noon. The latest lat-est despatch from the southern extremity ex-tremity of the Russian front indicate that heavy fighting Is continuing, with tho Russian army of General Ivanoff gaining ground. One correspondent reports that these operations began with an offensive of-fensive movement on tho part of the Austrians, designed to straighten their lino and that, after repulsing this attack, at-tack, the Russians, assumed the initiative. initi-ative. It is evident that the Russian advance has now extended a considerable consider-able distance beyond the Stripa river. a be nBaaeB! aBiaais In other dispatches it is asserted that two great offensive actions clashed, clash-ed, the Russians having advanced as a threat against the Teutons in their Balkan operations, while the Ams-trians Ams-trians and Germans felt -the necessity of improving their positions against the attack expected from General Ivanoff Iv-anoff early in the spring: Whatever may be the facts, there is no doubt the result of these operations oper-ations will have an important effect on the Balkan campaign, especially in their influence on the future plans ol Rumania. Planning Attack on Saloniki. It is reported with Increasing frequency fre-quency that the central powers are planning an attack on Saloniki, but they aro said to be experiencing difficulties dif-ficulties with Bulgaria, which, according accord-ing to these reports, does not wish to participate In such a campaign unless it promises something more than the expulsion of the allies from Saloniki England awaits with the greatest interest in-terest details regarding the bill for compulsory military service which Premier Asquith will introduce In the house of commons Wednesday. It is announced that Ireland will come within the scope of the hill nn |