Semi-weekly herald., 1915-11-15
LAIf WAR NEWS


serbisr army is experiencing great
difficulty in reaching Montenegro.
Gems al Won HinGenbarg has re
pulsed an attack in the Riga district.
The warships in the harbor support
ed the Russians.
MALTA. Nov. 11.-survivors of the
Ancona said today:
I'VE first sighted the submarine
while it was yet several miles from
us. The captain ordered full speed
ahead.
The first shot from the submarine
went Wild, but It caused a panic
among the women and children who
began crying and screaming and
kneeiing in prayer.
THE next shot struck aft, where
a number were watching the chase.
Several were killed by this shot.
1.-The wounded ran about the deck
with the blood streaming from them.
"Another shot wrecked the chart
house, showering the deck with shrap
mel.
"'rhe next shot stopped the engines
and few minutes later the subrna-
rine came alongside II was the big
Eest ever seen by the passengers.
"The commander Of the submarine
nePcphoned curt order to the cap
tain Of the Ancona telling him TO get
the passengers and crow Off instant.
l.;
"fhe women and children went
over in the first boats, but the men
fought and cursed ard screamed in
mad rush for lhe others Many
women with babies in their arms
jumped overheard
"The submarine circled the An.
coma, shellinG it. Passengers We're
hit but probably not Intentionally.
cone charge of shrapnel struck
life boat squarely.
Our boat diifted for hours before
it was rescued"
ROME. Nov Whether the
helpless passengers on the Ancona
were slaughtered while the liner wa
fleeing or after it had halted has been
undetermined.
A Tunis dispatch quoted the An
cona's captain as saying, "the sub
marine fired first and when the An
coma halted the submarine continued
firing. The last of the shells torbedo
ed launch at three hundred yards
i ling many passengers in the life
boat"
Other dispatches declare the An
coma attempted to escape
: All reports agree that many women
and children were killed by the burst
ing shells.
The complete list of the casualties
has not yet been compiled, bul thu
most reliable reports say that 176 are
dead: Oven 800 were saved.
Different estimates place the mum
ber of Americans on board the doom
ed ship at anywhere from seven to 2T
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Cunard
liner Caria, three thousand ton
boat was Summarized. The locality
of the disaster has not been given out.
The entire crew was saved
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. H.
President Wilson will hold a series of
conferences with Republican leaders
in congress in regard to their stand
on his preparedness program.
Congressman Sherwood, of Toledo
has announced that he will oppose the
measure to "the bitter end''
TRENTON, N. j., Nov. 11.-Danl-
age to the amount of nearly a mil
lion dollars was done here today
when the plant of the Roeblings Wire
company was destroyed by fire of a
mysterious origin.
Many others buildings that were
at first threatened we're saved.
This is the third fire within the
last day to damage munition plants
working on contracts for the allies.
PETROGRAD, Nov 12.-The Ger
mans have lost so much ground that
the war office is confident that Riga
and Dvinsk are safe for the winter.
LONDON Nov. 12.-Italy has
agreed to aid the allies in the Bal
kan campaign sufficiently to insure
complete success, according to a re-
port from Rome.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-Vienna claim
ed a repulse Of all the Italian attacks
Rome asserted that the Italians had
made important gains in the Palva
district.
Athens Nov liking Constan-
tine last night defied the war party
and dissolved parliament.
1t is reported that 81 deputies de-
serted Venizelos and the the govern
ment is confident of neutral major