The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-08
-FOUR NEUTRAL
VESSELS SUNK
Three Norwegian And One Belgian
Ship Are Victims OF German
Submarines
SEVENTEEN ON ONE STEAMER Die
Attempt Is Made To Torpedo Pa
troll Boat While ReSCulng
Survivors

LONDON, June $. The Norwegian
vessels Trudbmg and superb have
been sunk 10y German submarines.
Another Norwegian steamer sunk Is
the GlIttcrtlnd. u 37G tons net. This
vessel was built In 1913 and was lSG
feet long
The BcIguu stenmer Mrmatrr has
been sent 10 the bottom by n German
torpedo near the North Furclnnd Out
W - persons on hoard only siN were
saved The captain. his wife and his
daughter, the first mate aud the pilot
nud twelve members of the crew lost
their lives
The sinking " the Superb occur
red 90 miles west ~ FustucL High
explosives were placed ON board the
vessel after the crew had tnkrn 10 the
boats Seventeen survivors were
landed today ut Mnrgate
The Trudyang was hailed by Ger
man submarine NJ nom yesterday
when off st. Anncs head The cap.
tain was ordered tu bring his papers
aboard the submarine. whose commnn.
der gave the crew twenty minutes to
take to the bOnts.
The submarine then sent twelve
shells into the rrudyang The shoot
INK brought out patrol bout from
Mllfordhuvcu which plckcl NJ the
,sLltt,., ,uI .V.,,. t,v,I.rtp,, "a f,,,,,
the boats During the operation the
submarine attempted 10 torpedo the
pntrul boat
The men from the Trudyang were
lnndpd today NJ Milfurdhayen
The crew uf the Gittcrtlnd was
landed today in the Tyne The YES.
srl, with n cargo ~ lumber was ON her
way from Sweden to llartlepuo when
she encountered German submarine.
The Germans gave the crew ten min,
utes To take to the bontS before firing
II torpedo
The submarine towed the ships
boats for thirty minutes until trawler
hove In sight.
LONDON June Virtually the
entire western line VI battle except
those portions held 10y the Belgians
and the British has been the scene ~
what would appear to he u series OF
offensive movements initiated hy the
French I'm the region Of ArraS the
French have extended the area .Uf
their nttack while they are pressing
all ,,I,,, tI. fr.pt fr,u, thu u,,,la ~
the Asnc aud the Disc IN = northerly
direction us far rs the British posi-.
tiOns near In lInsSee where the Brit.
ish forces are lying apparently quics.
cent
For the Inst three weeks the French
have been advancing slowly but Stend.
ily In the country Immediately north
Of Arras Here they met II determined
resistance from the formidable Ger.
man work known as the labyrinth,
pnrt NJ which. however. now IL In
their control. The French have been
gathering In prisoners At llebuterne
they have taken some 100 and at Sols.
sous 25O more.
Desperate German counter attacks,
according 10 the French report have
been made but without success and
with terrible losses TO the attackers.
The German official announcement
makes hut brief reference TO events
ON the western front, merely recording
the repulses Of French attacks.
Rivers figure more or less proml.
npntly today IN the reports from both
sides. From the eastern front the
Russians claim IN have pushed their
offensive movement ncrOss the Pruth
near Kolomea, while Petrogrsd has
admitted the advance " the AustrO.
Germans across the river Dniester IN
Galicia. The river Duhysa changed
hnnds five times In one day with the
Russians flnully In possession aud the
lsonfO X the scene " the most i'm.
portant advance Into Austrian terri
tory
There has been little news with re-
gnrd 10 this Italian movement, othrr
than the official admission from VI
emma that the Italians appear 10 he
advancing against the lsonzo In strong
force.
Hungary is experiencing Il political
crisis similar to that which has just
come to nn end In England, Although
the opposition leaders have expressed
their assent controversies which ante
date the war have thus fur prevent
ell the formation Of u coalition Cubl'
net.