The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-11

eral Turkish battleships narrowly es- capped an encounter today with a fleet of seventeen Russian vessels. At sight of the enemy, the Turkish boats took to their heels, and sue cessfully eluded the big fleet.
 FRENCH QUIT oTRANTo.
 BERLIN, Jan. 7.-The activity of Austrian submarines on the Western coast of Italy has forced the ad- miral of the French Adriatic fleet to withdraw his vessels from the strait of OtrantO.
 GOEBEN STRIKES MINES.
 COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7.-Advices received here today state that the Turkish cruiser Goeben was slightly damaged today as the result of en- countering two mines in the Bos- phorus.
 TURKS CAPTURE A BASE.
 BERLIN, Jan. T. - The Turkish forces in Transcaucasia have occu- pied Urumiah, an important Russian base on the Persian frontier.
 BRITISH LOOKING FOR SPY.
 LONDON, Jan. 7-The fact that the Germans have been able to keep posted regarding the movements of the British warships has caused the admiralty to suspect that someone lgn up in offici l circles is giving information to the enemy.
 VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE.
 BERLIN, Jan. "A detachment oi Armenian volunteers has reached lermany from America and will go the front immediately
 DEFEAT NOT ADMITTED.
 LONDON, Jan. -...I
 -.5 t-e many reports received from ranscaucasia announcing the de -oat of the Turkish forces in that esion by the Russians, nett CT the Ottoman government nor Germany as admitted the reverse. It is be- lieved here that the sultan's armies were so severely defeated that the disaster was complete.
 STEAMER SUNK.
 COPENHAGEN, Jan. '. The Danish steamship Shingolf is re- ported to have been sunk in t North sea as the result of striking l mine Details of the disaster are lot obtainable.
 TAKE AMERICAN SHIP.
 LONDON, Jan. '. - The American steamship Denver, enroute from Norfolk to Bremen with a cargo of cotton, was seized this week by British cruisers The vessel was afterwards released, however, and permitted to proceed on her way, ac cording to information given out by the admiralty this afternoon.
 RAINS HARMFUL.
 HAVANA, Jan. 7.-Much damage has been done throughout Cuba by torrential rains during the past two days. In some sections of the is land, the planters have suffered the loss of their entire crops. There was some abatement of the storm this afternoon. but rain is still fall ing and further losses are expected
 BELGIAN WOMAN KILLED.
 MONTREAL. Jan. Mrs. Robert Vaneloy, wife of a Belgian reserv ist, was found strangled to death in her home in this city today, to- yether with her three children, all of whom were of tender age. The murder has caused great feeling throughout the city, but thus far the police have been unable to find a clew to aid them in their search for the perpetrator of the crime.
 CANADIANS APOLOGIZE.
 OTTAWA, Jan. 8. - The Dominion government has addressed a note to the United States which contains formal expressions of regret for the shooting of Walter Smith and Charles Dorsch, the two Americans who were fired upon by Canadian troops while hunting ducks recently on the Niagara river, near the Canadian shore.
 BRITISH NOTE SENT.
 LONDON, Jan. 8.-Great Britain's reply to President Wilson's protest to British interference with Ameri can shipping was handed to Am hassador Page today, and by him forwarded to Secretary of State Bryan The nature of the reply has not been made public here and probably will not be made known until given to the press of the United States.