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Show WAR BULLETINS y i London. Jan. 29. A casualty list issued tonight shows that the British Brit-ish armored merchant vessel Viknor, which was lost off the coast of Ireland Ire-land several days ago. carried a crew of 258, composed of naval reserve men and boys belonging to the mercantile mer-cantile marine, all of whom perished Among the orew were twenty-four royal reserve men from Newfound land. Venice. Italy, via l-ondon, Jan. 29, 7.2i! p. m The Austrian government has decided to organize a grain monopoly mo-nopoly on similar lines to that established estab-lished by Germany. The Austrian minister of agriculture today announced an-nounced that the army has procured supplies of grain sufficient to last until the end of August. Owing to the quantities of barley and maise, now being taken for breadstuffs. according ac-cording to advices from Vienna, there is a serious shortage in the supply of fodder. |