Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-18
WEATHER
PREVENTS
PROGRESS
GERMANS, DESPITE STORMS
HURL AGAINST ALLIES
LINE IN FLANDERS.
LITTLE GRANGE IS NOTED
Russians Are Making Consider
able Progress in Eastern
Theatre.
FIRE ON v. S. FLAG.

London, Nov. 17.-An Athens
dispatch says:
"A launch from the United
States cruiser, Tennessee, enter
ing the Gulf Of Smyrna to ar
range for the cruiser to come in
to the harbor, was fired upon by
the forts and compelled to re-
turn to the Tennessee.
1.-THE commander Of the Ten
nessee informed vaII he had or
ders from his government to en-.
ter the harbor Of Smyrna and de.
cided to do so.
Washington, Nov. 17.--The Amerl-
can officials tonight refused to credit
or be alarmed by the dispatch say
ing the cruiser Tennessee's launch
had been fired upon by Turkish forts
at Smyrna. Secretary Daniels said If
any incident occurred to give rise to
such a report, the department would
be informed fully by tomorrow. In
the meantime, he did not think 1t ne
cessary to make a special effort to
communicate with the cruiser. Dan
iels said the Tennessee had not been
ordered to 60 into Smyrna harbor.
He is satisfied that neither the Ten
nessee, nor North Carolina command
ers would take any steps to involve
the United States in international
difficulties
ufacturing company, was Instantly
wintry weather and floods, the Ger.
mans are still making an effort to
break down the Allies defense along
the Franco Belgian frontier, although
a Berlin official report refers to the
day as quiet and has been an almost
continuous artillery duel with occa-
sional infantry attacks, but apparent
;ly without either side making prog.
ress. 5sF5 sfs.s, It'll
Another big battle is developing in
Poland, between the Vistula and
Warta rivers, where the Russian ad-
vance has been met by large forces
of Germans coming from Thorn. The
German plant, seems to be to attack
the Russian center in the hope Of
drawing their wings from east Prus-
sia. At Cracow the Russians report
a further advance.
Enemy Falling Back.
1t was officially stated:
"In East Prussia the enemy is fall
ing back along the whole front be-
tween Gllmbinnen and Angerburg.
while continuing to hold the passages
in the Masurian lakes. On the front,
between the Vis1ula and Warta riv
ers, in Russian Poland the fighting
continues. taking the character of q
great battle. There are important
German forces in Galicia. We reach
ed the Austrian rear guards in the
region of Dukla, at the passage Of
Ujok."
Among the Russians captured by
the Germans in the battle of KutnO,
was the governor of Warsaw and his
staff. according to a Reuters dispatch
from B'erlin.
Cruiser Disarmed.
1t was officially announced that the
disarmament of the German cruiser,
Berlin which pu- in at TdOndhjem,
a seaport in Norway, was commenced.
The Berlin appeared at TrOndhjem
was endeavorilg to escape from the
North sea to act as commerce raid
er in the Atlantic, as the cruiser.
Emden did in the Indian ocean. The
Berlin's crew is 450. Upon the arriv-
al Of the comma der he was given
the choice of putting to sea within "a
hours or submitting to disarmament.
He chose the latter apparently pre-
ferring to have the ship disarmed,
rather than to risk going to sea.