Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-08

NAAN pam llht bttSs met Will
resistance while attacking V % re
the Greeks, from hidde 4 = ons,
opened furious fire. ~ .ce of
this, the Turks advanc' s. marvel
GUS temerity and cap : village,
not so much by force o. ) as by the
fear which their splendid insouscience
inspired in the enemy.
Owing tC the fact that IL was not de-
signed TO commence the decisive engage
ment until tomorrow. the Turkish divis-
ion intended to take the enemy in flank
only arrived half an hour before the close
of the combat to-day. having marched
thirty miles. The Greek guns while they
opeued well, ended badly. while ours were
served even better than usual
The Turkish attack upon Vasili was
made without any previous plan. The
men were ordered TO capture the place.
and they advanced quietly shooting as
though hunting. The Greeks maintained
q withering fire. 7 saw a Turk wounded
in the leg advancing to the attack on all
fours.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press is writing this dispatch in the midst
OF the bivouac at Edhem Pasha's head
quarters. The general and his staff Of
tcers. at the same time. are forming a lit
tie group around a lantern studying the
war maps for to-morrows operations.
During the day the Turks captured a
mountain battery and eighteen mules, a
great quantity of ammunition and provis-
ions and the personal effects of the Greek
princes ConStantin and Nicholas
THE TURKISH ADVANCE.
WASHINGTON. May Minister Ter
rill. at Constantinople under date of yes
terday. cables the State Department that
a telegram has been received from Edhem
Pasha stating that he captured Pharsala
yesterday morning. and that he was pur-
suing the Greek army 10 Domokos The
mountain passes below Domokos could
be easily defended. but it is reported that
the Greek army is greatly demoralized
and that It will offer but slight resistance,
If any 10 the advance of the Turks.
TURKS IN VELESTINO.
LARISSA May MANY wounded Turk
iSh soldiers were brought in here from the
front. They confirm the report Of the cap
ture Of Velestino by the Turks. where the
fighting has been severe. A Turkish
brigade. is marching on Volo. which is
expected soon to be in the hands of the
Ottoman troops.
RUSSIAN HOSPITAL NURSES.
NEW YORK. May A special TO the
Herald from Corfu says: Twenty Rus
sian hospital nurses. who arrived recently.
received orders to proceed 10 the Piraeus.
They have just left here. About so Carl
baldians have arrived and have proceeded
TO Athens. The Barsileus Georgios has
sailed for North ALBANIA.
TURKS DENY EXCESSES.
CONSTANTINOPLE,M May An official
communique reiterates that the eXcesses
attributed TO the Turkish troops at Laris-
sa are calumnies. and that the alleged
Turkish evacuation OF Trikhala is un-
founded
DICTATED BY PRUDENCE.
London. May S.-The Athens CORES
pOndent of the Times says:
The news of the retreat from Phar-
SalOs was at first received with cOnstar-
nation. but the public has already ac-
Cepted the situation and now regards
the retreat to DOkomos as strategic
movement dictated by prudence. 1t is
/ generally felt that Gen. Smolensh's de-
! Tense of ValestinO has vindicated the
reputation Of the Greek army and wiped
out the disgrace of Matt and Larissa.
| The national honor is untarnished.
But while all this is so, the old belli-
| cose enthusiasm of the Athenians has
vanished completely. On all sides the
desires for peace is expressed. and
should the government invoke thu n
/ tervention of the powers it would prob
/ ably be supported by public opinion"
NO INTERVENTION YET.
Athens. May THE intervention
communications from the powers have
not vet been received. The Greek gov
ernment has notified the powers that
the Greek fleet has established an ef-
fective blockade Of the coast Of Epirus.
GREECE STILL OBJECTS.
ATHENS. May 1T is said positively
that if the powers insist on the withdrawal
/ of the Greek troops from Crete as a condi-
/ ton of mediation. Greece will reply that
She prefers war even to determination.
ROYALTY'S PERILOUS POSITION.
LONDON. May S-The Rome corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
Private news from Athens which has
/ escaped censorship shows the position OF
royalty there to be more perilus than ever.
The members of the royal family rarely
leave the palace and their portraits nave
been withdrawn from public view
When the queen and princesSes visited
the hospitals they were openly insulted IN
the streets The palace was watched by
revolutionary agents lest their majesties
should attempt to flee the country.
II is said that Turkey is really the chief
hindrance to the powers proposing media
tion. as the Porte claims the right 10
finish the war i'm the ordinary way.
NO HINDRANCE TO TURKS.
ATHENS. May THE Greek fleet at
volo has been instructed not to hinder the
entrance of the Turks in order 10 save
the town from destruction.
Gen. Smolenskfs artillery. engineers ana
some cavalry have proceeded TO AImyros
by sea.
Crowds Of volunteers continue to arrive
here. and 1000 Italians led by Riccotu Car
ibaldi left tonight for the frontier.
A dispatch from Pharsalos. via Larlssa'
says:
During Wednesdays battle our losses
were rot heavy. but It is impossible to eN-
areerate the startegic and moral import
ance the Turks have in the victory. Our
soldiers are hunting for umbrellas. which
ars g. necessity. the sun is so broiling hot.
1t appears that the Greeks intended 10
resist 10 the uttermost. on the platform
NJ the railway station were barricades OF
turf and forage. and the houses had been
strengthened by heaps of turf and were
1oop-holed for rifles. The coolness OF the