Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-22
Ourward, With American
Provisions, is Attacked
by a Submarine.
ALL OF CREW ESCAPES
British Ship Intercepted While
on the Way From Leith
to Rotterdam.

London Jan 22.-The British steam
er Dl-rard. says Rotterdam dis
patch 90 Reuters. has been torpedocd
bv German submarine. The crew
vas saved. She was bound from Leith
t, Rotterdam and was torpedoed %
miles on Mas uEhtship. Its crew o.
caref r mail boats 90 IlEhtship and
fa- Du-el pilot % the boat took them
fo Rotterdam.
Or vas the German submariue U-fs
which t1rpedoed the DurNard. say ad-
vices from Amsterdam.
The HsEue. Jan @Z-u ie stated
re-e fra uurward had on board f0 tons
cf provisions belonging % the Ameri-
can relief commission.
Berlin. Jan. z2-Defcat for the al
lie8 iu two important engagements isI
anupuuced ia an official statement
from the German war Office. A French
attack near Pont-A-Alorsssou where
che allies ere trying fI cut German
comuuuicat.ou with Metz. is said %
have been driven from heiEhtr near
Serrheim. Germans gained ground
~ tHe Ferdun reeiou. but lost treuchcs
near Barry-Au.Bac. THE eastern cam
paisu is unchanged.
Hand 20 Hans Fighting.
Paris. Jan. 2e.-An Official statement
today rays determined infantry hght-
irr wirh fierce hand Co hand encour-
frra is e1'ue on tn A1sacc. The sitii-
elton 40 Sessions is unchanged Other
in autry encounters reported seem un- F.
mportant. Artillery exchanges favor ,
able % the French occurred between I
Tres and -Oisc. near BcrTy-Au-Bsc /
and tn Vosees- In th- forest Of Apre- !
mont German artillery drove of the I
French.
Floods Stop Operations.
Geneva. Switzerland. Jan. ee-'
floods IN Altkirch re<ion and fn south .
eFu Alsace generally have stopped .
German military operations. says a .
Dispatch 20 the newspaper Suisse.
French troops near Thanh. out os
reach % the floods sheIfed Germans /.
an day Thursday. Prince Eitel Fried
erich. second son of the emperor has
arrived az MuIhausen with q numerous
suite
Berue. Switzerland. Jan. 22.-Heavy
artillery firing IS progressing in the
region % Germany and Thanu. In Al
SAGE Frozen ground makes shell fire
more deadly. as they burst with in
creased violence and scatter frozen
Earth clods. which cause gaping
wound
Pads Made by zsppenns- J.
o1pcuharen Jan Messages I
from Berlin say the airsEirs which
-a.aed England the night % Jan 1s
we're LeppeIina OF the largest type !
Irey made the sally from a secret /
base on the Cermau frontier. carry :
ns fuU complement of men. heavy Z
IlnF ard ammunition.
Nu ferdnrr. Jan. g2-BctWcen Men
'ort and Ostcnd n hard battle has Z
been raging three days IN spite OF {
lard rains. flooded trenches nui al ;
.ie7t 'upassiblc roads. says the Siuis. z
Holland. correspondent OF the Tcie-
ir4H. Many wounded Gsruans are a
lassinE s-uis-
Russians Nearing Border.
Loaaoa. Jan zZ.-SeNs Concerning
De- situation IN POLAND is that north 7
= the vistuia. near Lipuo. the Rus I
tan advance guard is within 20 miles .
f tts German frontier. bat north =
'est the Germans have evacuated '
Ikemp~ about twenty-five miles from p
sc Pr1sstau border.
la the western war zone the battle
6 SCISSORS still g. the only great 9
oufict for weeks past suffering In q
sisian - for the moment In the :
ae<gruuud compared With destitu- y
On % nor-corn batants in Palestine
oiand aad the Carpathiaus. Destitu- J.
en iu Poland is 50 great that ignace o
aderewski and Henry Sienkie~ez =
ave issued a new appeal f0- aid u