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Show Two Hundred Montenegrins Drown J ; When Italian Steamer Is Sunk 51 i I GERMANS MAKE SURPRISE AHACK ON I FRENCH AND TAKE SIXTY CHASSEURS W I Pa? ofrTxnch s Wrested From Enemy at Hartmanns-Weil- rin j erkopf French Destroy German Defense at Mills North Eg i of the Aisne Russian Offensive in the East Most Im- eS ! portant of the War News Austrians Deny Musco- ' vile Advance British in Heavy Artillery Fights. win" I ' ad? j jj London, Jan. 8, 3:45 p. m. The Norwegian steamship tg Bonheur, 1,158 tons gross, has been sunk. Fifteen members M ; of her crew have been landed. on( j Paris, Jan. 8, via London, 3:50 p. M j jn. The following statement was giv- H tn out today at the war office: "The night was relatively calm. To H j the north of the Aisne our artillery Ed destroyed the mills at Chateleon, to an the east of Fontenoy which had been j equipped by the enemy for defensive j a purposes." re i nd Two Hundred Montenegrins Drown. J ij Paris, Jan. 8, via London, 1:08 p. 5jJI I m Two hundred Montenegrins from j America lost their lives by the sink-Si sink-Si 3 ing of an Italian steamship which I i struck a mine in the Adriatic. M S The sinking of the vessel with the 9 attendant loss of life is told in an m I official Montenegrin statement under yi V date of January 7 received here from 1 Cettinje as follows: iw "An Italian steamer from Brindisi M u ivith some hundred tons of supplies m S and -425 Montenegrin recruits from m g America on board touched a mine 'la I yesterday near San Giovanni di m Medua, The ship sank immediately jjjl and 200 passengers perished." S Germans Capture French. 'ni f Berlin. Jan. 8, via London, 3 p. m. OK A portion of a trench to the south if of Hartmanns-Weilerkopf was cap- ,Jq 1 hired from the French yesterday by f) f German troops In a surprise attack, 9 I according to the German official state- i roent given out today, ng I The text of the statement reads: 4- "Western theatre: Fighting activity $ 8 along the greater part of the front was unfavorably Influenced by bad ff weather. By a surprise attack south nU j of Hartmanns-Weilerkopf we wrested IH a portion of a trench from the i French. More than sixty chasseurs I fell into our hands. "In the eastern and Balkan thca-, tres there was nothing to report." i J. I Austrian Aeroplanes Busy. Cettinje, Jan. 6, via Paris, Jan. S, 1st ( 11:15 a. m. The following statement $ was given out at the war office today: if II "Austrian aeroplanes were excec- ifi E tonally active today. They dropped a p quantity of bombs on our positions at Ml Mount Lovcen and three on Cettinje intlki but without result." mi - , m ', Turks Bring Down Aeroplane. jijj Berlin, Jan. 8, by wireless to Say- W j ville. The 'bringing down of another Sji allied aeroplane at the Dardanelles by nd I a Turkish aviator, is reported in an 8 official stateemnt from the Turkish ( ! "war office dated January 7, received M j today from Constantinople. S 'I The statement adds: J j "Turkish aircraft have shelled, the ect j enemy positions nt Seddul Bahr and jg their aviation station of the Island of '$-! Imbros. '4 i "There have been heavy artillery m duels near Seddul Bahr." 3 gi j Review of War Situation. I London, Jan. 8, 11:26 a. m. The , Russian offensive still occupies the lj I most important place in the news of :i the war, with the capture of Czartor- i ysk as the latest achievement report- 1 etf. The Russians claim full posses- i Blon of the village hut the Austrians j j deny they have advanced any further 'a than the cemetery. I The Austrians apparently are fight-$ fight-$ i tog desperately in this region in the rj i effort to hold their positions as a I screen for Kovel and a link between 1 the Austro-German armies in Galicia a ;4 and these further north in the neigh-$ neigh-$ SB borhood ot Pinsk which is threatened ' s with envelopment as a result of tho i HuBBian advance. i The news regarding Czartorysk J I Wust he taken with reserve. A Ger- f? : man report datetl later than that of "l I the Russian's claims that all the lost 3 J ground has been retalcen. The town 2 '. nay become a eecond Czemowitz fj 'i hich apparently Is untenable by elth- i I r side. I Allied Artillery Busy. 'is o U the BrltiBh f ront in tlle west tbe jl i Germans have attacked near the Llt- M ? tlfr-Armentleres railroad, but accord- Jl J6 to official British advices, have 1 K ten rePulsed. Both the British and fl P French heavy artillery were busily en- i B Eaged yesterday. i V . Constantinople reports that the al .5 m 'ies again have bombarded the nnr- 1 m Y8 from land and sea ' K Afl3ournment of parliament over the i' peek-end has brought a lull in the m controversy over compulsory military m "ervice. m Germans Capture French Trench. 1 Capture of a .portion of a trench t hn1? tho ench at Hartmanns-Weiler- II h Ja a surprise attack is announced 1 Jf the German, war office. Quiet fc Jiong the other fronts where German 1 PorS haV '1)een oneratinS' is re" I tha!rnt Louveen, a height held byl gKl pjMoatenegrins. has been 'hombard- agt Ba oy Austrian aviators who have also dropped several bombs on Cettinje, the Montenegrin official report states. Montenegrins Drown In Adriatic. Two hundred Montenegrins from America are announced in a Paris dispatch dis-patch to have lost their lives when the Italia steamer carrying them struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic. A Berlin dispatch reports that the Greek island of Melos, off the Greek southeastern mainland, has been occupied occu-pied by entente forces "for naval purposes." pur-poses." A news agency dispatch from Amsterdam Am-sterdam reports the wrecking of a Zeppelin which became entangled in telegraph wires at Namur, Belgium, yesterday, two members of the crew losing their lives. Italy has called additional soldiers to the colors, the newly summoned men belonging to various classes of the artillery. A note protesting against British interference in-terference with and censorship of the mails from the United States to neutral neu-tral countries has been dispatched from Washington for presentation to the British foreign office by Ambassador Ambassa-dor Page. Russians Heavy Losers. Berlin, Jan. 7, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. "According to private reports from Constantinople," says the Overseas Over-seas News Agency, "the Russians attacked at-tacked a iown in the Persian province of Azerbaijan (northwestern Persia) which was defended bjf Turks and" volunteers. The Russians were defeated de-feated and driven to the Urumiah district, dis-trict, suffering heavy losses." Soldiers Recalled to Colors. Rome, Jan. 7, 7:30 p. m. Soldiers born in 1SS2 and 1SS3 who belong to field fortress and coast artillery companies com-panies and those born in 1SS7 and 1S8 who are attached to the mountain ar-tillerj' ar-tillerj' were recalled to the colors today. to-day. They are to report on Wednesday Wednes-day of next week. Zeppelin Is Wrecked. London, Jan. 8, 1.02 p. m. The ac-c'dental ac-c'dental wrecking of a Zeppelin at Namur, Belgium, yesterday, is reported report-ed in an Amsterdam dispatch to the F.xchange Telegraph company. According Ac-cording to this information, the dirigible dirig-ible became entangled in telegraph wires while attempting to make a landing. Two members of the crew are said to have been killed. Berlin, Jan. 8, by wireless to Say-vllle. Say-vllle. Advices received by the Overseas Over-seas NSws Agency from Italian sources sourc-es state that riots have broken out in Tunis. The natives are said to have attacked recruiting commissions, assassinating as-sassinating the chief officer of one of them. Woman Receiver Iron Cross, Berlin, Jan. S, 'by wireless to Say-ville Say-ville Emperor William has conferred the iron cross of Frau Skolik of Glal-witz Glal-witz for disclosing a bomb plot, the work of a spy. This is the first time that a woman has received the Iron cross. Colonel House In London. London, Jan. 8, 11': 55 a. m. As the first step in his trip of investigation into war conditions In Europe, Colonel Ef M. House, personal representative of President Wilson, saw Sir Edward Grey, the British minister of foreign affairs today, spending some time with the foreign office head. No statement was given out regarding regard-ing the matters discussed. Germans Ask Recall of American. London, Jan. S, -I p. m. An Amsterdam Amster-dam correspondent states that German newspapers are demanding the immediate imme-diate recall of Edward Higgins, American Amer-ican consul at Stuttgart, on the ground that he has shown anti-German sentiments. senti-ments. " |