The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

udusut 1uuuuSTof was Sunk III Tue
North sea on November by a mine or
q torpedo was brought to New York
by passenger on the steamship ST.
Louis from Liverpool
The German emperor has complete
ly recovered and returned to the front
The allied fleet bOmbarded the In
terror forts of the Dardanelles.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburgs
army, which is advancing on Warsaw
over wide front between the Vistula
and the Pilica rivers and which on
Friday occupied Lowicz, reached the
new Russian positions along the Bzura
river and southwark to Rawa and an
other big battle is in progress.
Russians retreated across Bzura
river, destroying bridges behind them.
Two German detachments, which fol-
lowed were attacked and are said to
have been annihilated, fifty survivors
DeinS taken prisoners.
The meeting of King Christian of
Denmark, King Gustav of Sweden and
King Haakon of Norway was inaugu-
rated with speech by King Gustave,
who alluded to the unanimous desire
of the kingdoms of the North to pre-
serve their neutrality and pointed to
the desirability of limited cooperation
between the kingdoms as safeguard
to their common interests.
The fighting at Newport continues
favorable, but no decision yet has
been reached. On the Eomme the
French lost 1000 men in prisoners
and at least 1900 in dead; our own
losses were under 200. In the Argonne
forest our successful attack resulted
In the capture of some 1900 prisoners.
says an official report from Berlin.
The official press bureau at Berlin
gave out the following: In Poland
We continue to pursue the enemy. AL
though the headquarters report is
chary of details there Is general ex-
pectation that the Russian defeat will
prove to have been complete. The
victory has freed Germany for long
period from any possible menace of
invasion from the east.
Inquests have been begun over the
bodies of the 101 victims of the Ger
man warships at the Hartlepools, Scar
borough and Whitby. Eighty-two were
killed in Hartlepool and West Hartle-
pool, II in Scarborough and two in
Whitby. Two hundred and eighty-two
persons were wounded. OF these $50
were injured at the Hartlepools, 80 at
Scarborough and two at Whitby.
Announcement was officially made
In Berlin that the German vessels
which bombarded Hartlepool, Star
borough and Whitby were hit several
times by the coast batteries. Damage
was slight
Mines sank four vessels of the coast
Of England. The Clearwater and the
Norwegian steamer Warren and an
other vessel, thought to be a passen-
ger steamer, went down off Flam-
borough Head. Seven of the crew of
the Clearwater and Is of the crew of
the Warren were lost. The Princess
Olga was sunk off Scarborough.
Eighteen men landed.
The London Daily Chronicle Dover
to Ostend yesterday after the shells
Of the allied warships made the Ger
man position there untenable.
An official announcement in Vienna
says the Russians are retreating along
the entire front in Galicia and Poland.
The people of Berlin were aroused to
enthusiasm by the announcement of
a great Austro-German victory over
the Russians In Poland. 1t is known
now that thousands of Russians have
been taken prisoners.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says:
THE Germans have evacuated Dix
nude"
According to report from Warsaw,
that city was bombarded by Zeppe-
lin. Ninety persons were killed.
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The allies advance in Belgium is
fast gaining momentum. The Germans
are being forced back all along the
Flanders front with great losses in
killed, wounded. prisoners and war
material. according to reports reach
ing London.
On his arrival at Rome, Prince Won
Buelow. ambassador to Italy, YVES IN
formed of tho bombardment of the
ply the prelude to what the German
fleet is soon to undertake. which may
astonish the world"
Domestic
Twelve of the thirteen OF the 1918
general assembly charged with pre-
senting false claims were acquitted
by Judge Marley of the criminal court
at indianapolis, Ind.
Five lions escaped from the Eighty.
sixth Street theater in New York.
throwing down about one hundred per
sons, two of whom we're badly injured.