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Show i( Russian Torpedo Boats Sink ail If Entire Fleet of Turkish Ships f PETROGRAD CLAIMS MORE RUSSIAN ( SUCCESS ON GALICIAN BORDER lit Capital Admits Progress of Germans in Vilna Region and Loss Til of Pinsk Severe Fighting in Progress on Gallipoli Ml Peninsula Turks Make Claim of Successful At- H tacks, But Athens and Rome Declare Defensive mg Power of Moslems Is Weakening. I URGE BRITISH TRANSPORT REPORTED SUNK imi Sebastopol, Russia, Sept. 1 7, via London, 6 p. m. Of- -jjfL ficial announcement was made here today that Russian torpedo jn boats had sunk near Sinope, a seaport of Asia Minor on the Hi Black sea, an entire fleet of sailing vessels laden with muni- iKf uons f war. The crews of these vessels were taken prisoners. JR Berlin, Sept. 1 7, via London, 3:27 p. m. Field Marshal Jm von Hindenburg's forces which have flanked Vilna and Dvinsk, j cutting the railroad between those cities, have made a further W advance to the east. The war department announced today jR the capture of Vidzy about 35 miles south of Dvinsk. M : Wd Vienna, via Berlin, Sept. 1 7, by wireless to Tuckerton, Mil SJ. J An Austrian submarine commanded by Lieutenant MpT von, Trapp, torpedoed and sank a large British transport a few lUt ayS ago in the southern Ariatic, according to an announce- JK ment made here today. jji Paris, Sept. 17, 2:30 u. m The re- K port of the French war office on the M progress of hostilities, given out this fJK afternoon, dwells upon the contlnu- Wt ance of severe artillery engagements, Wi particularly In the vicinity of Souchez !fc and Arras; between the Somme and ? the Aisne, and between the Alsne and Vml Argonne. IK The text of the communication fol IK lows: Wmn "In the Artois' district between An- i gres and Souchez and to the south fift of Arras our batteries, responding to SB the fire of the enemy, bombarded vio- fom lently the German positions and Ger- IB man provision trains. B Active Trench Fighting. K "Between the Somme and the Aisne m there has taken place firing from 5R, trench, to trench, as well as a cer- tain activity on the part of the Cer- m man heavy artillery, to which we re- m- plied with energy. m "In the region of Sapigneul and be- B? tween the Aisne river and the Ar- H gonne district, the fighting with ar- ft tillery and with bombs was continued K during a part of last night. B.V "There is nothing to report from H the remainder of the front." H' Review of War Situation. H, London, Sept; 17, 11:46 a. m Pe- m trograd admits the Russians are fall- HI ing back In the direction of Pinsk, HI capture of which was announced yes- B tcrday by the Germans. Occupation K by the invaders of this town may be 11 expected to facilitate greatly the prog- fm re8S of Fleld Iarslial Von Mackesoii's S2m troops through the Pripet marshes. Mm Owing to the prorogation of tho du- ilK ma. domestic affairs are occupying MM tho attention of the Russians. The jJfR effect of this incident on tho military fm situation is feared, as is indicated IE by tho proclamation of General Ruz- w9k Bk'. Russian commander In the north, m' calling upon workmen not to slacken S their efforts to keep the army sup- imm plied with munitions. '' Severe Fighting at Gallipoli. Although no official reports have m been received recently from French K. or British sources, severe fighting Wi seems to be under way again on the m Gallipoli front. The Turks, according mm to their reports, have made several WSMk, successful attacks in the regions of gag Anafarta Athens and Rome continue Wm to send out reports that the defen- '3m sivo power of the Turks JseaUonlng. SL but no official news has been received iSK In confirmation. J4 Dispatches from Greece express Silt strong belief that Turkey and Bul- CJHl earla bave definitely reached an mL agreement, but in the Near East it ib IkW not believed this will tend to actual Wm participation in the war by Bulgaria S Si So aide of tlfe central powers ML or is an immediate offensive by mm Austro-German forces expected 3W m against Serbia. II' Artillerv combats continue on the JI western front. The German reply tu Till French guns is growint In Intensity im . Pctrograd Claims Successes. f Petrograd claims a continuance ot il I Russian successes in Gallcian torrl- WM f tory It Is admitted, however, that h the Germans are making progress In i the Vilna region and In the district oi OH B Pinsk 91 Indications that relations between I Bulgaria and Greece are improving MVA- aod that the latter naUon ia tending HPSBL SB-1 toward an inclination to continue her neutral policy are noted by a correspondent corre-spondent in Athens. Greece Reservists Called. Paris, on the other hand, has reports re-ports from the Greek capital, that several classes of Greek reservists have been called to Join the colors on Octobr first. The Serbian premier, Nikola H. Pachltch is quoted in Paris as announcing an-nouncing that Serbia has made the concessions asked by her allies, with the view of bringing Bulgaria Into the Balkan entente. It is semiofficially semioffi-cially stated in Rumania, however, that the entente allies now know they cannot in any event count on Bulgaria's Bul-garia's help on the Gallipoli peninsula. penin-sula. Semi-official denial is made in Bucharest that Rumania's military activities ac-tivities along the Austrian frontier are anything more than the annual maneuvers. Spy Is Executed. 'London, Sept. 17, 1:50 p. m-1 was officially announced today that a spy, name not given, was executed today after a trial. Empress Receives Nurses. Berlin, Sept. 17, by wireless to Say-vilie. Say-vilie. The German empress, says the Overseas News agency, today received receiv-ed three superior nurses of the Rus shin Rod Cross, who have come to Germany to inspect the Russian prison pris-on camps. Work for Unemployed. Berlin, Sept. 17. by wireless to Say-ville, Say-ville, The new military governor In that part of Russian Poland occupied by the Austrian-Hungarians is quoted by Uie Overseas News agency as announcing an-nouncing that he will give work to tho unemployed with the object of making better roads. The banking institutions in the occupied district, the governor says, will closely follow the principals of The Hague convention. conven-tion. Archbishop to Foster Concord. Berlin, Sept. 17, by wireless to Say-vjHe. Say-vjHe. Emperor William on receiving the new archbishop of Posen, Dr. Dalbor, at the army headquarters in the field, says the Overseas News Agency, said he was certain that the prelate would foster the spirit of concord con-cord between the Germans and Polea In the archbishop's district. Relations With Greece Improving. Athens, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 1G, via Berlin and London, Sept. 17. 12;42 p. m. There are Indications that the relations between Greece and Bulgaria are improving. . In the most influential circles the conviction is said now to have been reached that neutrality must bo the only policy for Greece. The utterances of Premier RadoBla-voff RadoBla-voff of Bulgnria expressing the hope for more cordial relations with Greece have made a deep impression, as has : also the declaration that tho future of the Balknus depends upon an uu- 1 derstanding between these two na- : tions. The pro-Russian newspaper ; Mir liaa been suppressed. |