, 1915-01-20

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Colonel CORVALLIS Vests lawyers con-
tradict the report that he has been executed
as u spy. He is the husband of Mrs. Pa
trick Campbell, the ~acllese, aud was a COM
nandel of a naval battalion at Antwerp.
The 12Ist. Prussiau casualty list gives the
total killed, wounded ard missing MS $40,
343. The BavariHns were the heaviest losers
in West Flanders. Tie Seventeenth Bnvari-
uu reserve regiment Was completely ahhl-
hilated ut Wyschaete, near Ypres, and all
lis officers were killed.
4 Berllu Official statement says; "Terrible
losses have been sustained by he Russians
around Pr, mysl, inflicted partly IL repeated
sorties and partly during The stotming by
the Russians. The number of Russians
killed in the second siege Of The fortress is
far above 10000 and OF late THEN activity
has subsidized.
A Paris official bulletin SAYS that the avi.
a'iou reports show that 135 deaths &C.
Cured III the French Aero Service between
the beginning Of the war and the New Year,
the number including observers, pusseu-
gers, pupils and pilots.
1t is stated that Admiral Suchok, the
German Commander of The Turkish fleet III
the Black Sea, has been relieved OF his post
because of -uou-auccess IN the opera lOus
against the Russians.
Shukli Pasha, the famous Turkish Com
mander, has been wounded III The Caucasus
and is now a prisoner.
The French Minister Of Marine denies
that the battleslip "Coulbet'' was tolpedoed
by an Austrian %suhmmIue, and asserts that
she colided with her sister Ship the jean
Bart, and ran ashore.
1t is officially announced in Vienna that
since the cruiser "Zeuta' was sunk on Au-
gust 16 h, 10 other Austrian ship, boat or
ueroplune has been damaged by gun fire and
not u single man of the fleet wounded,
whereas the French submarine "Cu Is has
been destroyed and u battlesbip Of the
"Courbet" type was hit by two torpedoes.
i IS also asserted that since December 3rl,
except submarines, not Il single hostile war-
ship has been on the Austrian coast.
None of the officers on men were saved
from the German cruiser "Sclarnhorst"
which was sunk off The Falkland Islauds,
but 7 officers aud III men were saved from
the "Gueiseuau," 7 men from the "Nuru-
berg, and 4 officers ard Is men from the
''Leipzig'; they have arrived in England
ard been taken TO detention camps. As
they marched through the streets they aP-
peuled contented, cheering their comrades
as the squads separated.
The "Hanburger FremdenblGtt' publishes
a report from Russia stating that Is Russian
Generals holding important positions have
been dismissed.
London, Jan. 1GtL-The italian earth
quake estimates are Still wild, tOl example,
the minimum number killed at Sora is now
sud to have been 1000, some estimales Of
the loss Of life there being worse than Ayez-
zauo. The estimates OF the casuaItics at Perez
M to-day are rs large rs those at Sora y%ester-
day. The condition of sixty town, is thus
fuctuating and it is impossible to say wheth-
OF the total will be under or over 20, O00.
The wounded certainly exceed the dead and
the aggregate casualties may be $4,000 more
or less.
The United States Ambassador having
asked the Premier whether assistance would
be acceptable, Signor Salandra replied ex-
pressing his deepest appreciation, but that
owing to the international situation the Gov
ernment had decided, as q question of prin-
ciple, to abstain from accepting officially any
foreign aid. Private relief agencies, like the
Red Cross, were however, already sending
relief, and aid Of this nature does not violate
the Governments principle OF not accepting
aid from foreign Governments.
The Pope's visit to the hosI ital Of Santa
Marta has been confirmed, but it does not
create a precedent for leaving the Vatican,
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