Show FIERCE BATTLE NEAR ARTA four hundred greeks killed in the engagement ga gement has been at close quarters and the greeks have been unable to employ their artillery armies when barkness stopped the slaughter but were beady resume the battle this morning fighting to begin in thessaly today to day activity in spirus athens may 14 gen sk telegraphs that the turks are in strong lorce near almiros Al and be expects they will attack him tomorrow arta may 14 advices from the front show a desperate battle has been raging all day between the turks and col greek brigade in eperu the fighting fieh ting was stopped by darkness to be resumed tomorrow greek loss thus tar has been killed the turks have scarcely any artillery the greeks are strong in artillery but have been unable to use their guns as the fighting has been at chloee quarters london may 14 the athens correspondent ol 01 the times having an interview with minister ralli in reference to the activity ot the greek forces in spirus ralli said that until an was announced greece retained her liberty of action and that abe government could not afford to allow the activity to be confined to thessaly The sealy where abe turks were preponderant it bad done what it could to obtain a truce and pending an it must act when and where it could opinion new york may 14 A special to the world from bonjon says the apparently authentic statement that turkey intends to demand the ceding ot the greek u as an essential condition of peace is eagerly here both by the press and politicians it ie contended that if turkey gets the greek ships it will be equivalent to banding them over russia thus up betting abe balance of naval power in the sea sir charles Dilke said to a world reporter who baw faim in the house of common ac turkey gets the greek fleet it will be tantamount to taking its value in money from greece thus further em bar her but with no corresponding naval advantage to turkey for the sultan will allow the ships in three or four years when they will be of no further use to eny power 1 I am intensely and bate to even think of abe suffering greece will by reason of the turks the moral effect on europe of abe of greece I 1 regard as ruin on especially damaging to british in greece is abe only country in eastern europe in complete sympathy with our western ideas of civilization and progress and the one which ill be at all likely to assist england if eastern complications arise i she has failed disastrously in her ira tl antly inspired struggle and as I 1 have isaid the moral effect of her failure is certain to make itself felt injuriously in liture developments of the quention sir chatles dilke expressed these news with impressive earnestness the world representative next baw james okelly M P a chloee student ot foreign politics who expressed precisely the same views lie said 1 it the howera allow turkey to deprive greece of her fleet it will be a grievous an irreparable loss to greece but the ships wont be worth a six pensa in year as they will be totally neglected by abe sultans government several iber members with whom abe world representative emoke declined to believe hat the howera will permit turkey to inflict such a humiliation on greece some thought abe greek corn would be justified in sinking their rather than surrendering than the feeling oi the government tere ia that greece can expect no mercy and should be profoundly thankful foi iny term the powers may succeed in for her horn her conqueror this spirit is reflected id in the alve pres which nov has but derision tor greece and unqualified condemnation dem nation of her action troal elret to laet BOMBA HOING fleet active in the gulf or arta new york may 14 A special to the herald from corfu tays twenty italian volunteers have arrived here and hive proceeded to athens the greek ships of war are bombarding and the hellenic trompa are advancing into spirus aleo upon the greek anay in spirus has again the field there have been landed at louroe soldiers with two field batteries commanded by col Bot varia who is ad vancine toward Pre vesa the turkish trompa at took to flight seven hundred turkish trompa are besieged in in the skirmishes the greeks lost 16 wounded and turks about GO col Catra taris has left arta with a force of and is marching on the hellenic warships protested the landing of the troops by firing freday sultan enjoying a festival and cannot talk mediation constantinople bayh government in its reply to the note of the offering mediation between turkey and greece says the sultan will be in a position to discuss mediation after the greater bairam festival chith begun yesterday and ends on sunday night bloody encounter in athene may 14 10 p m A patch hom arta says a bloody engagement has been going on since early morning near griborn on the road to Philip iada both sides sustained heavy lodges barnard landed his SHIP nashville tenn may H bof A W barnard who made he ascension in un airship from the of the tennessee centennial exposition landed near madison station eleven miles from alie city and returned home today went gunnine foran little rock ark may 14 state senator robert mcmullin of yell county ibis forenoon made a desperate attempt on the life of col J N editor of the arkansas gazette mcmullin entered alib private office of drawing a revolver and demanding an apology for editorial ces regarding the senators action in defeating the railroad commission bill when apologies were not forthcoming mcmullin ared point blank at the colonel who deprang to his feet and struck arm causing the bullet to miss the bod by a few inches mcmullin wai taken to jail but later wae released further trouble ia not unlikely great is the sultan new york may 14 A special to the herald from constantinople baye the sultan went to the 11 tor the ceremony of the diesing of the hand his majesty was frantically cheered en route by an immense crowd the was superb and the ceremony lasted longer nan usual the sovereign was in excellent spires and addressed almost every one having relations in the army of operations and particularly addressed osman pasha the minister of war and the minister of marine besides several members of abe diplomatic carpi sir ellie ashmead bartlett Bart letl and the delegates of abe russian and norwegian red society were present troops before an altami athens may 4 advices from headquarters of the greek army at domokos announce that the turkish forces are executing movements which are believed to foreshadow an attack upon abe geek positions it ia reported the turkish left wing has evacuated almy and is moving towards Ph arsala to the right rear of abe place gen beneki commanding the grapek right wing has occupied reoccupied re almiros Al restoring telegraphic communication with greek headquarters unless the rearward movement ot the turks is the of abe action of the powers it ie believed to indicate that edhem pasha is again concentrating his troops tary to making ft general attack upon abe main greek A |