Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-03
Another Fifty Men From
Lost Formidable Have
Reached Safety.
WILL SUSPEND OPER-
ATOMS FOR PRAYER
Land Fighting Sporadic in
West; Much Fighting
in the East.

1--WE hundred and seventy-nlne
l. men perished by the sinking of
the British battleship Formidable in
the English channel on New Years
day, according to the latest estimates.
or the crew of 7S0 men, 201 were
saved, cutter with fifty living
aboard having reached land since the
first casualty list was compiled.
Many of the survivors of the For
midable were landed at Brixham,
Devon; others at Lyme Regis, Dorset,
which indicates that the disaster oc-
CURED at the western end of the Eng
lish channel. although the admiralty
has not given the location nor has 1t
made a definite statement with refer
ence to the real cause.
Fighting Stops.
The fighting in Belgium and north.
ern France has come to halt, to
Judge from the official reports so far
as spectacular operations are con-
Germ "A.
In Russian Poland and Galicia
there Is no actual change in the sit
uatlon as 1t has been for several days
past The Ottoman troops In the Cau-
casus have crossed the Russian from
tier at three points and soon will be
under command of Field Marshal
Baron Won Der Goltz.
In an orange book issued at the
instance of the Russian minister for
foreign affairs at Petrograd, 1t Is
charged that the independence of tho
Ottoman empire vanished definitely
hn ha no "A n
10 embarrass all American COM
refuge in the Dardanelles" and that
the German ships under German COM
mand made IAN attack on the peace
ful shores of an empire which was
maintaining perfect neighborly rela-
tlons with the Turks"
Feeling Is Good.
Count Tisza. the Hungarian pre-
mier, according to a Berlin dispatch,
has affirmed that mutual confidence,
love and respect exist between Aus
tria- Hungary and Germany.
Fearing possible attempt at a
landing by the Germans on the east
coast OF England, Yorkshire Is en-
rolling corps of civic guards and
volunteers with headquarters at Hull
for self protection.
LONDON, Jan. 2.-(9:50 p. m.)-
Aaother fifty men from the bat
Vosi,lp Formidable. lost in the Eng
iish channel Friday, have reached
safety after riding out fierce gale
Tor for upwards of twenty hours In
an open cutter, making total OF 2Ol
survivors out of crew of 780.
The latest survivors landed at Lyme
Regis on the Dorset coast late last
night All were in state OF exhaus-
ton after their terrible experience.
They declare that there Is little hope
of any further survivors as the tre--
mendous sea which was running at
the time would make 1t impossible for
men to live long enough to be picked
up by passing vessels. while many
OF those clinging to he wreckage un-
doubtedly were killed when the second
explosion occurred
The admiralty has not Issued any
statement in reference to the cause OF
the disaster or where 1t occurred
The land fighting which Is spor-
adic in the west, but more continual
In the east, has brought no material
change In the situation. The artii-
lery Is playing the biggest part along
the western front. although at points
there has been close range fighting
i'm which a few yards have been gained
or lost.
Germans Not Routed.
The Germans deny the French re-
port that they have been driven out
OF part of the village of Steinbach.
upper Alsace, which has been the
scene of very sanguinary fighting Tor
a week past. the infantry finding COW
er behind the houses.
There have been engagements on
the rivers Bzura and Rawka In Poland,
but seemingly the Germans are no
nearer Warsaw than they were week
ago. They have commenced offen-
siye operations in the direction OF
Kielce. one OF the larger towns OF
southern Poland. which doubtless has
for its object the holding up of the
Russian advance through Galicia on
Cracow. Another attempt on the part
OF the Germans to advance from
Mlawa to divert the Russian threat
to outflank their center by crossing
the lower vistula northwest OF War
saw has been checked by the Russians
Muscovites Active.
According to Petrograd reports the
Russians continue TO sweep the Aus
trians westward along the southern
Galician railway toward Gsybow and
Neu Sandec and out of the northern
foothills of the Carpathians. The Mus
covites also are credited with having
organized a new campaign against
Hungary. advancing In four columns
across the mountains. This. II is said.