Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-26
North Carolina Threatens
to Turn Guns Against
Turkish Fort.
MENACE TO THE CREW
Because Departure of British
and French on United
States Merchantmen.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 26-Secres
tary Daniels today called on Captain
Oman, commanding the cruiser North
Carolina, which with the cruiser
! Tennessee is at Beirut, to report
whether threats of violence had been
made by Turks at Tripoli against Am
erican sailors. Athens dispatches said
! the American warship had threaten
| ed bombardment as result.
Bombardment by an American cruis-
er of the Turkish port of Tripoh.
Syria, is said at Athens to have been
| threatened on account of an attack by
Turks on the crew of an American
merchantmen on which British and
French citizens desired to depart. IN
complete reports state the threat OF
the warships commander cuelled the
attack. The cruiser Tennessee was
last reported not far from Tripoli.
Italy's occupation of Albania, port
of Avlonia, is believed to have opened
possibilities of complications which
might make it difficult for the Rome
government to maintain its neutrality.
The attitude of Roumania more than
ever is a matter of doubt owing to re-
ports from Paris that the only OBJ
triple entente has been removed. Bull
garia was represented as having given
assurances she would remain neutral,
relieving Roumania from fear of at
tack from that quarter should she en-
ter the war.
Germans Kill 5000.
Berlin, Dec. 26-Oficial: Near
Nieuport the nights of Dec. "a and
% attacks delivered by the allies were
repulsed Success of the battle with
English and Indian contingents at st.
Hubert can be better judged today.
Ninteen officers and SIS men were
taken prisoners and IA machine guns
and II mine throwers captured. The
enemy left more than 5000 dead on
the field. The English asked for a
cessation Of hostilities to bury the
dead Our losses were comparatively
small. The evening of Dec. 20 French
airmen threw nine bombs on a GER
tain small village. No troops are sta
toned at the place. There is only
small hospital, which is plainly mark
ed. The damage was slight In reply
to this attack German airmen threw
medium sized bombs into the out
the vicinity of Lotzen were repulsed.
We took 1000 prisoners We have
ceased our attacks on the Bzura riv-
er. On the right bank of the Pilica,
southeast of Tomaszow, our offensive
has been successful
French Submarine Lost.
Paris, Dec. 26-An official announce
ment this afternoon relates that fog
has interfered with operations in
Flanders. Counter attacks on the
part of the Germans were repulsed at
a number of points and there has been
fighting near the sea and at
Perthes. Progress was made also in
upper Alsace Christmas day
Italian Press association advices to
the Matin say that French subma-
rine was sunk while attempting to
torpedo an Austrian battleship in the
naval base of Pola The
crew was rescued and taken prisoners.
Dispatches from Chile stated the
asst of what was once Germany's Pa
,ific squadron was fighting to escape
he fate which overlook her four COM
'anions when she met the British. The
ierman cruiser Dresden and the con-
-erted cruiser Prinz Eitel Frederick
we're said to have been engaged by the
British cruiser Newcastle near Val