The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-11-19
LAUNCH FROM j. 5.
CRUISER IS SHELLED
BY TURKISH FORTS
Boat Attempted to Enter Bay OF
Smyrna.
MARINES AID FOREIGNERS
Americans Put Stop to llI-Treatment
of Allens-Sultan's Troops Kill
1000 British Troops From
India.

London, Nov. 1S.-An Exchange
telegram from Athens states that a
launch from the American cruiser
Tennessee, which anchored at Vurla,
in Asia Minor. endeavored to enter
the Bay of Smyrna to arrange with
the authorities for the cruiser to en-
ter the harbor. The forts opened fire
on the American launch and forced it
to return to the ship.
The commanding officer Of the Ten
nessee then informed the governor
that he had orders from his govern.
ment to enter the harbor and that he
decided to execute the order At the
time this dispatch was sent no further
action had been taken either by the
Tennessee or by the forts
Cruisers Guns Feared?
The presence of the cruiser Tennes-
see at Vurla was referred to in cable
from Paris which read:
IAN Athens dispatch to the Havas
agency says:
THE American warship Tennessee
has arrived at the port of Vurla, Asia
Minor, and has put stop to ill-treat-
rnent Of British, French and Russian
residents. The authorities of Smyr.
ma, fearing a bombardment, have left
for the interior
"The garrison at Smyrna at present
consists Of $4,000 Turkish soldiers"
U. s. Marines Aid Foreigners.
An earlier dispatch from Athens
said: "The Tennessee has arrived at
Vurla to put stop to the ill-treatment
Of the British. French and Russian res
idents. The authorities of Smyrna,
fearing bombardment, have left for
the interior. The garrison at Smyrna
at present consists of $4,000 soldiers"
Washington Told Of Trouble.
Washington, Nov. 18.--The navy de-
partment had no official word of the
firing upon the Tennessee's launch The
department had an unofficial report
that the Tennessee had gotten into
trouble with the Turkish authorities
at Smyrna and that she had been re-
fused admission to the harbor, but the
information went no further than that.
Commander Decker is in command of
the Tennessee. The last report to the
department which was made public
about the Tennessee said she was at
Mitylene, an island off the coast of
Greece.
Turks XIII 1000 Indian Troops.
London, Nov. 18.-British Indian
troops lost 1000 in killed when at
tackled by the Turks near Fac on the
coast of Basra In the Persian gulf, ac-
cording to an official announcement
made in Constantinople.
A dispatch from Athens says:
"The Turks lost $50 men and two
guns were destroyed in the lombard
ment Of the forts of the Dardanelles.
''The former German cruisers, Goe-
ben and Breslau, which now fly the
Turkish flag, have re-entered the Bos-
porus."
Heavy Fighting at Ypres.
London, Nov. 1s.-"There was heavy
lighting around Ypres Monday. The
casualties were large, but the battle
resulted in excellent progress for the
allies" says a Dunkirk dispatch. 1.-THE
German casualties are estimated at
one hundred thousand in the last four
days"
Fierce Cannon Duel on Coast.
Paris, Nov. 18.-The great artillery
duel between the Germans and the al
lies along the front in Belgium from
the coast to Ypres is increasing In
violence, according to an official state
ment issued here. 1t says that the
Germans have been forced to abandon
part Of their trenches because Of the
food in that region and that two Ger
man attacks have been repulsed.
The allies have made marked prog
ress, 1t adds, between Bixschoote and
the User canal and between Armen-
there's and La Bassee.