The Ely miner., 1915-05-21

Several thousand subjects of enemy
countries of military age were sent
to internment camps in England, the
majority of them being men who vol
unfairly surrendered.
A border clash between Italian and
Austrian troops was reported from
Sogna The Italians drove the Aus
trians back.
A Zeppelin airship was destroyed
near Alost while engaged in battle
with the allied air squadron. The
wrecked airship fell 5000 feet and the
entire crew of sixty was instantly
killed Two allied aeroplanes were
destroyed by the Zeppelin and the
pilots killed.
A council of ministers called by Pre-
mier Salandra of Italy was held at
Rome, and decision relative to the
present crisis is expected Rioting oc.
Cured in several cities in Italy. Rome
has been occupied by the military.
The week of battle drawing to a
close has left both sides exhausted
and breathless, says the Daily News
correspondent in the north of France.
To-day, Ascension day." he telegraphs.
I'VE are burying our thousands and
the Germans perhaps their tens of
thousands. The fury Of the fighting
has been unbelievable and the death
roll is appalling, but our line is estab-
lished firmly"
Internment of the 10000 Germans
and Austrians in Great Britain was
begun by Scotland Yard at London
and the special war constables,"
working under the direction of the
home office. Many of the women and
children and men too old for military
service will be deported.
The damage caused by the riots
which have taken place all over Brit
the Lusitania is estimated at more
than $5,000,000. Hardly shop or ho-
tel owned by German has escaped.
Lieutenant Won Muecke and land
ing party of so men from the German
cruiser Emden, which escaped when
their ship was sunk in the Indian
ocean on November 10, have arrived
at Damascus, Syria, after six months
Of adventurous wandering. All have
been awarded the iron cross.
Viscount Haldane, lord high chan
cellor of England, iEtimated in the
house of lords at London that the gov
ernnent was considering the necessity
Of departing from the voluntary sys-
tenn of military enlistment and resort
Ing to general service throughout the
kingdom
The British ship Goliath has been
| torpedoed in the Dardanelles. 1t is
believed 599 lives have been lost; $50
we're saved Announcement of the
| fate of the Goliath was made in the
| house of commons at London by Wins
| ton Spencer Churchill Mr.. Churchill
also announced that a British subma-
rine sunk two Turkish gunboats and
Turkish transport in the Sea of Mar
mora.
"A brilliant success has been
achieved north of Arras," says an Of
fetal statement issued by the war Of
ice at Paris. After furious conflict,
In which the Germans fought gallantly
and lost heavily, the French took COM
plete possession of Carency. Berlin
admits that the French occupy Car.
ency.
The following statement was issued
| at the American embassy in London:
"As to the sinking of the Lusitania. it
appears from all statements which
have been secured that no warning
| was given. A torpedo hit amidships
on the starboard side. Seventy-niue
Americans were saved and one hun
dred and eighteen are missing"
Forty seven women were killed and
more than three hundred wounded in
revolt which broke out in Trieste.
| Crowds of citizens, women predom-
mating, assaulted the governments
palace. shouting: Death to Francis
Joseph,"
Comhinod cnoooccec Nf fro ISroo-h.
and British in the northwestern the
ater Of war have inflicted a serious
check on the Germans from the re-
gion north of Ypres, In Belgium, as
far south as the La Bassee canal in
France.
Information has been received ut
Geneva that aviators of the allies
have inflicted damages amounting to
more than s2,000,O00 to the tanneries
at Strassburg, which are working on
material for the German army.
Twenty-eight additional bodies of
Lusitsnia victims were brought to
Queenstown. A torpedo boat landed
the bodies Of seven men, four women
and one boy. The tug Stormcock
brought eleven men, four women and
one baby.
The German war office at Berlin an.
nounced that in the recent fighting In
Galicia and Russian Poland 143.50O
Russians had been captured Austrian
and German forces continue their ad-
vance eastward in Galicia, and are ap-